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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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Turning the desert green

01/06/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Turning the desert green

One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile

One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile.

The Sinai desert in Egypt is a dry, barren place where not much grows. But Ties van der Hoeven has come up with a scheme to turn it into a green and fertile land.  It’s a plan on a huge scale which involves dredging a lake, restoring ecosystems, and even bringing back rain to the desert.  He’s been inspired by a successful project to restore the Loess Plateau in China.  But could it work in the Middle East?

Produced and presented by Richard Kenny.

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