NE China turns sandy land into oasis in 70 years

STORY: NE China turns sandy land into oasis in 70 years DATELINE: June 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of sandstormsvarious of people planting treesSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU GUI, Villager of Liujia VillageSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI ZHIDAN, Party Secretary of Aerxiang Town in Zhangwu Countyvarious of forests and animals STORYLINE: Zhangwu County in northeast China's Liaoning Province has been converting its sandy land into an oasis thanks to 70 years of greening efforts. To combat desertification, local villagers have spent decades planting trees. Hou Gui is one of them. His afforestation effort started in 2001. Since then, he has planted more than 200,000 trees on 2,400 mu (160 hectares) of sandy land. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HOU GUI, Villager of Liujia Village "It takes generations of people's efforts to achieve the result. I plan to rearrange this forest in the next five to 10 years. In my design, each forest belt will be 60 meters wide with