Regreening the desert with John D. Liu | VPRO Documentary | 2012

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mountaintimefrm · 2022-09 · Recommendation

Probably the best documented example of it working is in the Loess Plateau in China. John D Liu has a couple documentaries on it, here is one: [VIDEO] A good example of a similar project in India, as covered by Andrew Millison: [LINK] Sepp Holzer did a similar project in Portugal: [LINK] ...I believe he also did some pretty large projects in the middle east, but I can't find any vids on them at the moment. Geoff Lawton has done a ton of projects like this, but maybe not at the landscape wide scales like the projects above. Probably the best book on the basic principles of how to do it - Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster. Also the book Water For Every Farm by P.A. Yeomans is pretty good as well, but not as accessible of a read. TLDR - To keep desert monsoons from flooding areas downstream, dig a landscape wide network of swales and basins to catch, soak and sink the water into the soil. Properly dug, such earthworks recharge aquifers while stopping flooding and erosion.

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jillesvangurp · 2019-07 · Recommendation

Soil erosion is a reversible process but it will require a little effort and planning. When it works it's an investment that actually pays off. Here's a nice example of the Chinese restoring some soil: [LINK] I've seen a documentary with some before and after video footage. Quite amazing difference: [VIDEO] Planned grazing is another approach that has seen some success: [LINK]

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briantakita · 2023-03 · Reference

John D Liu made a documentary which covers Jordan's efforts among others titled "Regreening the Desert". [VIDEO]

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