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Volunteers plant trees in desertification fight

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the forefront of China鈥檚 fight against desertification, has mobilized 76.6 million volunteers to plant trees over the past seven years, local authorities said yesterday.

The campaign has planted 445 million trees to guard north China against sandstorms and desert encroachment, Inner Mongolia鈥檚 forestry and grassland bureau said ahead of China鈥檚 Arbor Day today. The region has planted over 1.7 billion trees on about 400,000 hectares of land since 1981.

(Xinhua)


 

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