Ian Teh - Great Green Wall
Ian Teh01Workers sweep sand off a road in Kubuqi Desert Park. The park was created by the Elion Group, a company that has worked with the government to plant trees across the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
Ian Teh02Duan Feng Quan lives in the new village in Duolun County. The government forced him and other villagers to relocate from the old village due to the encroaching desert.
Ian Teh03A worker tends shrubs in Kubuqi Desert Park, an eco attraction run by the Elion Group in the Kubuqi Desert.
Ian Teh04A sapling grows in the Kubuqi Desert Park in the Kubuqi Desert. The desert is the site of a tree-planting scheme.
Ian Teh05Young saplings and shrubs dot the desert at Kubuqi Desert Park in Inner Mongolia.
Ian Teh06Workers collect water from a river in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia to water young trees.
Ian Teh07Workers water young trees in Duolun County.
Ian Teh08Billionaire Wang Wenbiao is the founder and chairman of Elion Group. He has worked with the Chinese government to plant trees across the Kubuqi Desert.
Ian Teh09A view of the Tengger desert in Gansu province.
Ian Teh10A farmer works a field on the edges of the Tengger Desert.
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