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

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What it is

A VPRO documentary following ecologist and cameraman John D. Liu. He documents the regreening of China's Loess Plateau and other efforts to restore deserts and biodiversity around the world.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the best-documented example of landscape-scale restoration working, with striking before and after footage from the Loess Plateau.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I've seen a documentary with some before and after video footage. Quite amazing difference”

    Before and after footage of dramatic soil restoration in China.

    jillesvangurp, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms”

  2. “Probably the best documented example of it working is in the Loess Plateau in China.”

    Best documented example of landscape-wide swales reclaiming land in China.

    mountaintimefrm, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?”

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Topics: loess plateau, regreening, regenerative agriculture, soil erosion, john d. liu

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