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Chinese desert control edge boosts Mauritanian green efforts
Published: Jun 04, 2025 02:22 PM
A worker waters plants in the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania, on May 22, 2025. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)

A worker waters plants in the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania, on May 22, 2025. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)


 
An aerial drone photo taken on May 22, 2025 shows the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)

An aerial drone photo taken on May 22, 2025 shows the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)


 
Mohamed Isselmou, the China-Africa Green Technology Park's irrigation system technician, introduces irrigation equipment in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania, on May 22, 2025. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)

Mohamed Isselmou, the China-Africa Green Technology Park's irrigation system technician, introduces irrigation equipment in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania, on May 22, 2025. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)


 
An aerial drone photo taken on May 22, 2025 shows the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)

An aerial drone photo taken on May 22, 2025 shows the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Bir El Barka, Trarza region, western Mauritania. The China-Africa Green Technology Park is a key demonstration project supporting Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative, launched in 2007 to create a 7,000-km ecological barrier across northern Africa and the Sahel to combat desertification. (Xinhua/Si Yuan)