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    Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry...
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    salinity in the soil caused by the evaporation of river water. The greening of the desert remains an aspiration and was at one time viewed as a future means...
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    Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities. The immediate...
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    stations. Agriculture in the prehistoric Southwest Arid-zone agriculture Desert greening Dryland farming Solar desalination Agriculture in Israel Agriculture...
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  • Green Desert is the twenty-seventh major release and the fifteenth studio album by electronic artists Tangerine Dream. The music was recorded in Berlin...
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    the Interim Office of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall, GGW. "Re-greening the Desert". Ecosia. Retrieved 2 July 2020. "Regenerating Diverse...
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    Macro-engineering Mu Us Desert, a desert affected by the Great Green Wall Sand fence Seawater greenhouse "Media Reports: China's Great Green Wall". BBC News....
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    The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is an archaic term for an area in central Wales, so called for its lack of roads and towns, and its inaccessibility...
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    environmentally friendly version (i.e. 'greening your home' or 'greening your office'). The act of greening generally involves incorporating more environmentally...
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    Al Baydha Project (category Desert greening)
    months of growth on swales in Saudi Arabia: Two rainfalls since 2010 (greening the desert forum at permies)". www.permies.com. "لقاء الامير خالد الفيصل في...
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    Geoff Lawton (category People involved with desert greening)
    the Humanitarian Water & Food Award for 2010 for their initiative "Greening the Desert". The Permaculture Research Institute and founder Geoff Lawton, based...
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    Jewish National Fund (category Desert greening)
    enable Jewish settlement from the border in the north to the edge of the desert and Arava in the south."[citation needed] After Israel's establishment in...
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  • Wadi Rum Consultancy (category Desert greening)
    The Wadi Rum Consultancy of Wadi Rum Organic Farms, is an example of desert greening. Begun in 2010, it is located in historic Wadi Rum, in southern Jordan...
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    advancement of the Sahara Desert. The project has progressed and evolved through the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and into the 2000s. The green barrier is located in...
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    increased efficiency) Desert Aqua-Net Plan (desert canals) Ocean Spiral (underwater city) Space-based solar power Desert greening Seasteading Portals:...
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    key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with...
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    regeneration. A 2010 documentary feature film, The Man Who Stopped the Desert, first screened in the UK, portrays his life. Sawadogo was a native speaker...
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    conditioner such as compost, which will help the soil retain water. However, some desert plants prefer gravel soils instead of well-amended soils. Plants can either...
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    Agroforestry (category Desert greening)
    Research, World Agroforestry Center, Nairobi. Reij, Chris. "African Re-greening Initiatives" (Blog). Africa Regreening. Retrieved 16 December 2018. Ndour...
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    they grow, tree planting can be used to help limit climate change. Desert greening projects are also motivated by improved biodiversity and reclamation...
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  • Green Desert (16 April 1983 – 9 September 2015) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After finishing second on his racecourse...
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    John D. Liu (category People involved with desert greening)
    Jordan, China and Ethiopia and shows the possibilities in re-greening areas turning into desert. At the 65th Prix Italia, in September 2013, the episode won...
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  • From the Greening of China's Kubuqi Desert". Time. Retrieved 30 May 2019. "Review of the Kubuqi Ecological Restoration Project: A Desert Green Economy...
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    the Eastern Desert which extends east from the Nile to the Red Sea. The Western Desert is mostly rocky desert, though an area of sandy desert, known as...
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    Sahara (redirect from Sahara desert)
    /səˈhærə/) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world...
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    The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of...
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  • Conquest of the Desert was a Specialized Expo recognized by the 28th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions on 13 November 1951,...
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  • Braskereidfoss, Norway Valer Austin, permaculturalist involved with desert greening Valer Donea, pen name used by Profira Sadoveanu (1906–2003) Valer Dorneanu...
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    The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, /ˈɡoʊbi/; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and...
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    citrus greening and D. citri is the natural vector of American and Asian citrus greening, either psyllid can in fact transmit either of the greening agents...
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