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China turns to bamboo to help strengthen the Great Green Wall
Beijing’s five-year conservation plan for forests and grasslands includes new Three-North Shelterbelt Programme projects to be carried out by 2030.
Chinese researchers are shifting desertification efforts toward bamboo, a resilient and fast growing material that they say could address drawbacks of current sand fixing methods that use straw, plants, and plastic.
The plan was announced by Beijing on July 22 as part of a five-year conservation effort for China’s forests and grasslands, with projects under the Three-North Shelterbelt Programme scheduled for implementation by 2030.
Desertification, which China defines as the degradation of fertile land into desert like terrain due to overgrazing, deforestation, and climate change, is being tackled through a broader network of shrubs, flowering plants, and forests spanning thousands of kilometers.
Alongside vegetation, physical sand barriers are also being used, including checkerboard grids made from straw, as China works to limit desert encroachment.