Can we stop the deserts from spreading?

Earth's soils are degrading into deserts at an unprecedented rate, with catastrophic consequences. The good news is that humans can turn them into fertile land.

Reporter: Tim Schauenberg
Video Editor: Madmo Cem Adam Springer
Supervising Editor: Joanna Gottschalk

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our channel explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

#PlanetA #Desertification #RegenerativeAgriculture

Read more:
Facts on desertification: https://knowledge.unccd.int/

How Chinas Kubuqi desert is becoming green: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/8652/-Review_of_the_Kubuqi_Ecological_Restoration_Project_A_Desert_Green_Economy_Pilot_Initiative-2015Review_of_the_Kubuqi_Ecological_Restoration_Project..pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Our earth is turning into sand
02:38 Saudi Arabia Case 1
03:45 Saudi Arabia Case 2
05:55 Sahara: Renewables greening deserts
08:35 China's green miracle
10:55 Conclusion