Inner Mongolia ranks first in China in afforestation

STORY: Inner Mongolia ranks first in China in afforestation DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: HOHHOT, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. aerial views of lands in Inner Mongolia 2. various of people planting trees and grasses STORYLINE: Over the past ten years, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has added more than 10 million mu (about 666,667 hectares) of afforestation and 30 million mu (about 2 million hectares) of grass on average every year, ranking first in China, according to an official from the regional forestry and grassland department recently. Home to four of the country's major deserts and four major sandy areas, Inner Mongolia stands at the forefront of China's afforestation and sand control work. In the last ten years, Inner Mongolia has completed 12 million mu of sand control programs on average every year, accounting for more than 40 percent of the country's total desertification control work in the corresponding period, said the official. Xinhua

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