The Wider Image: The Great Green Wall: China's farmers push back the desert one tree at a time
Wang Yinji, 53, and his wife, Jin Yuxiu, trim a tree planted on the edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 15, 2021. "After 1999, when the tree-planting sped up, things got much better," said Yinji. "Our corn grew taller. The sand that used to blow in from the east and northeast was stopped." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SAND RAWLINS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES
