China transforms barren Saihanba into one of the world’s largest man-made forests
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The once barren land of Saihanba has now become among the world’s largest man-made forests. Situated in the northernmost part of China’s Hebei province, the forest is also known as the “Green Lung of Beijing”. Located some 450km (280 miles) from the capital, and covering an area of 700 sq km (270 square miles), the afforestation project was undertaken by three generations of tree planters. The project earned praise from President Xi Jinping during a trip to the region in August 2021, when he urged the country to adopt the “Saihanba spirit” for implementing ecologically responsible development.
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3 generations of work to make this magnific forest... Huge respect
Tree plantation.
@@k3kboi665 its not that simple tho
not just a "magnific forest"
a ridiculously magnificent mega forest
China planted 75 BILLION trees
3 generations trees
Now this is an admirable attempt to balance the scale. The world needs to do larger versions.
Agreed. We need more countries to try their hand at this.
Ikr! The frequent forest fires are causing much more loss than we could compensate. It takes years to grow a forest and it just burns to ashes within days😢😢😢
The proud of that then they destroy other nation by bulling
@@keeper9998 And yet China granted permits for 106 gigawatts of capacity across 82 sites, quadruple the capacity approved in 2021 and equal to starting two large coal power plants each week.
There are a total of 3,092 operating coal-fired power plant units in China. As of January 2023, the province of Shandong, which lies to the south of Beijing, houses the greatest number of coal power plants, at over 400 units.
This mega forest that they have planted barely produces enough carbon to offset o.1% of the CO2 China creates, 12.3bn tones per year!
China is the world's largest annual greenhouse gas emitter. In 2020, it emitted 12.3bn tones of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e), amounting to 27% of global greenhouse gas emissions
The dedication and the perseverance of the foresters are admirable and commendable.
they are !
Because many had already suffered from deforestation from last few decades. That's the motivation behind changes
This is really impressive. I hope more countries can get behind this idea and begin something like this. I know there are many doing it slowly but more the merrier 👍🏻
Hopefully they don’t destroy more , but instead restore restore.
America/satan likes to destroy.
Only developed country will be able to do so. Poor countries can't afford this.
@@Anonymous-uz4ub Some truth in it but not completely. Countries that can do this owns their own Banks and have ability to control their Financial system plus have a Sympathetic Ruling group in charge.
Why give greta all the media attention when you have forest the size of spore to save the world
Incredible achievement. Let’s hope that the desert of the north can be reclaimed as well!
Thats a natural desert
yes i agree, reclaim mongolia
Taking on the mighty desert on the north is such a monstrous feat for just a nation to face. But then again, its China we talking about, if they can't do it, nobody can.
It will be better if Mongolia join forces. it will be a win win effort for both side.
@@blurpblurp wdym?
Salute to those generations of re-foresters for their hard work and dedication.
🌱Twenty years American soldiers in Afghanistan, if they grow up the trees, at least half of that country will become green like this. 🌲🌲🌲
@The Big Kiwi LOL~! Yeah, and I am sure Afghanistan's people love the "wonderful" work America left behind after 10+ years.
Also, these foresters actually went in with the mind "For China", a term that's totally alien to the West since everything is about "Me, ME and MEEE!".
Yes, the US prefers to send squatters to other countries in order to steal the wealth of these countries rather that creating wealth in the US itself by planting trees.
@The Big Kiwi why about the blood of the homeless and soliders from us who had been decieved blinded in the middle east
Saving the environment + creating jobs to maintain the new habitat is such a great concept. The hard work of all the researchers and workers really paid off! This is great news 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
You sound like a communist
@@elmerninis that's the porpuse of communism but the leaders meh
That's monoculture. Better than nothing but not a true forest.
@@elmerninis Growing plants is communism?.?
@@elmerninis EBIL GOMMUNIZM REEEEEEEEEEE
Three generations, 60 years, and I can only thank them for what they have done.
This is what every country should do instead of hating each other and making war machines
China is a war machines but also cares about its country and people
Well done! China has really done a lot over many years to rehabilitate destroyed ecosystems, especially in the north and north-west. It's hard work and there is still much to be done, but it's great to see the positive result already achieved.
Congratulations!
They are doing this because they want clean air in the upcoming big event
@@25fpslagger81 3 generations of tree planters for upcoming big event? what is this big event?
@@greentea8852
Full communism
Meanwhile, they destroy corals near south china sea/west ph sea and building artificial islands with military bases
LOL considering China is the world’s largest polluter and indiscriminately over fishes the worlds oceans.
China has made a great progress in afforestation across the country in the first half of 2021, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), which said that China had expanded the country's forest coverage by about 3 million hectares by the end of June, carrying out 84.3 percent of the
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*Of the* what?
*of the* what?
*of the* what?
Of the sussy
Often when we try to forcefully turn a wasteland green it won't last. But this place seems to be actually thriving. I wish we can terraform every place on earth at will and get rid of hunger/poverty. Because let's be honest, the soil/climate/location of a place has too much say in a country's fate.
It’s probably because we dont understand perfectly what makes an ecosystem thrive. But as we approach better understanding of the world, we can start to help speed up things like the reclamation of dead areas, which usually takes up to thousands of years of just life building on top of itself. Probably. Its been a hot minute since i took biology.
We CAN actually turn any and every place on Earth into a green oasis. Look at these two videos/stories. There's not a single place on the planet we couldn't turn green and lush. ua-cam.com/video/IDgDWbQtlKI/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/T39QHprz-x8/v-deo.html
Whoever choose the music behind SCMP videos is an utter genius.
yeah it makes this feel like a disney movie
yeah right?
Nice spoiler.
I have no sounds btw xD
Really? The one thing i dislike abt SCMP videos is the music. I find it over the top. Like telling me how to feel abt something.I'm like just Give me news. I' ll decide how to feel abt it myself.
1:09 this part sound like Chopin
China really knows how protect and manage the planet earth. This is not the only such project, they hv similar ones somewhere else. You got to respect them is, they grow a forest out of a desert. They can persevere for 60 yrs to achieved success. Wow, with plenty of respect.
This is the literal exhibition of the Chinese saying: "the forefather plants the tree, while the offspring enjoys the shade".
It's a literal translation of “前人种树，后人乘凉。” The idiom's meaning: the forefathers put in the hard work to build/create "something", while the next generation enjoy the harvest.
Don’t forget forefather takes away the internet, offspring gets more indoctrinated.
@@RashaKahn 2 minutes ago
Don’t forget forefather takes away the internet, offspring gets more indoctrinated.
So, you don't know what internet is? How awkward.....
@@hansweissmann6387 They do have Internet, you ignorant pancake.
@@dumplingdumpling2205
Really? Why does it think that one can take away internet then? Dumpling head!
My hometown is in saihanba!!!Salute to the predecessors who have worked hard for this.
I can only drop whatever hate or suspicions I have for anything.
This is a beautiful achievement, one not made by machines but by tree planters too.
I'm sure only a few will truly recognize its meaning especially when this place becomes a tourist spot and economic attraction, only time can tell whether they will be remembered.
Bless the tree planters, here's to them and their family.
no tourist would visit a forest.
@@nokap2695 you'd be surprised at how many would go visit a forest
Specially when they develop it further.
China planted 75 BILLION trees
They are saying that this beautiful piece of man-made greenery is larger than my country? Nah man from the looks, it is clear to say this vast land is bigger than Singapore.
😂……
So they also saying the same
So, how's your country's "hanging forest" project going.
In mine, we still beats-up the illegal loggers and their backers. Even planning of making it capital punishment crime.
China planted 75 BILLION trees, can Singapore fit this many trees 👍
@@justme6275 bruh
If China can do this why can’t other countries do this? I know why, laziness, it took 3 generations to achieve this and dedication. Well done 👏🏼 everyone involved should be very proud, this is probably how the land first started, stunning
Because US politicians operate in 2-4 year election cycle mentalities
@@aznanimegob This is absolutely pertinent. The Chinese government may not be perfect, but it is a single, continuing body which is able to make 5, 10, 20 year plans and actually see them through, rather than have decisions overturned every four years. As a species, we really need to start recognising success instead of only pointing fingers.
More to do with the money. A long term project like this produces little to none short term profit. Large corporations are not doing it if there is no money to make. Non profit organizations lack the resources to do something at this scale. Theoretically, governments are responsible for this kind of long term projects with higher social benefits. But most governments have forgone their responsibility to their people and become corporate puppets. So they are not doing it either.
India is doing the same
@@noname-uo4et Indian needs to do the same after all the trees they cut down during their recent covid deaths and not having enough wood for cremations
*they must feel tremendous joy for completing a job that took over 3 generations*
Congratulations. It was all done by hand too. This should be repeated elsewhere if possible to show it is possible. Meanwhile the Malaysians are chopping down more of their rain forrest to plant palm oil because the whole world is addicted to palm oil derivative products.
yes, I can confirm as a Malaysian
@@yejerncha2136 Yeah, me too. But the anti-CCP trolls will be like "BuT iT's FoRcEd LaBoUr, cHiNa MuSt FoRcEd It's PeOpLe To BuIlD tHiS fOrEsT."
@@yejerncha2136 truth as Malaysian
@@sivan7438 I love China, just hate the the China Communist party
Don't get it wrong, China is a nation, and ccp is just a party ruling over the nation
People tend to combine 2 of them together
Terrible.
While there is no doubt this is a wonderful achievement. It’s important to note that it takes a lot more than trees to be forest. It’ll be centuries before the intricacies of complex interconnections and synergies between all organisms (fungi, bacteria, moss, herbs, grasses, sedges, liverworts, lichens, invertebrates, vertebrates, etc etc etc) that are characteristic of forests establish.
Nature is more versatile and adaptable than you might think. It'll take years, perhaps decades, certainly not centuries, for the ecosystem to flourish.
@@goonhoongtatt1883 Could be. It would depend upon the ecosystem and levels of productivity I guess. I'd still say at least 100 years. Speaking from the Pacific Northwest of North America, I know the mature forests here took thousands of years to reach the level of complexity found within primary growth... and we have some of the most productive forests in the world.
By giving nature a helping hand, the process can be accelerated. When I moved into my house 10 years ago, I only had sand in my garden, Today it is lush and luxuriant because I gave nature a helping hand by asking my local tree lopper to dump truckloads of mulch over the years. It does not take centuries. It is faster than you think.
Nice comment.But as a Chinese who's hometown is near saihanba,I can tell you that there's already many mushrooms growing in the area,and many disappeared animals have came back such as fox and wolf herds have come back recent years.There's not only one kind of tree is planted during the project,and saihanba was basically forest before it was destroyed by many forces.The people who plant trees fixed the sand so this helped nature to reclaim the land.
@@jerryzhang4833 Awesome! I'm sure it's beautiful.
I wish the West could listen and learn from the Chinese system instead of just trying to continually frame as illegitimate.
Wonderful. We did the same thing as children in the 70s in Jamaica. The trees are now HUGE FURN or FUR trees. cant remember the exact name. We tried the same thing in Haiti but they were cut down for fire wood.
Human efforts of 3 Generations are totally worth it after seeing this beautiful landscape.
All I can think is... WOW, truly beautiful and magnificent! The hard work and determination needs to be followed.
The western countries kept lying on environmental protection .
Whereas , China silently did the job .
Great respect ❤️
Knew it! Whenever China accomplished something, some people would always mention the "western" countries. Sometimes, we just don't need comparison. Just enjoy the video.
This is a cultural difference between East n west. East just get on with work. West talks about the work so it looks like West is doing lots and better. It's the introvert and extrovert dilemma.
@@shiroclown6131 first of all, west should stop comparing Asia to them and trying to make China and India like west
@@shiroclown6131 because they are haters
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ China produces 10 billion tons of CO2 per year. this forest takes out less than 100 thousand peoples CO2 production... you realize that this is literally Chinese propaganda right?
Western politicians and influencers: How dare China plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060!? Cut it to 0 now!
CCP: here is our roadmap, these are what we plan to do, these are the relevant sectors we are investing in, and here are our results so far.
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@Gatling Spletzer the Inkhog then shut
Cool.
A well defined plan is very much appreciated.
@@mankachu100 this guy gets salty whenever someone says anything positive about China 😂
Stunning. An accomplishment that quite frankly makes most modern innovations pale in comparison.
These kind of reforestation projects are happening nationwide. My aunt lives in a city in central China where the government is trying to demolish high-density, poorly constructed housing in her neighbourhood in order to reforest the area. She and a group of neighbours are litigating against the government to get better compensation. I think once they agree on a fair price my aunt will probably move out.
@ช่องน้องจิมมี่ Well I think they don't have a choice. Air pollution is extremely serious there, to the point that some people emigrate just because of it. I worked there too and it was all fine but I had to return to Canada because I was so sick all the time (granted I am immunocompromised and didn't know so I was more vulnerable). It's not just due to peer pressure from abroad. All around, increasing green areas should be top priority in China.
Beautiful!
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3 generations. Their family can tell stories and stories and point to their grandparents achievement.
Just imagine if all people around the world collaborate to work like that!!
That's incredible.
only Chinese people will work like that
Greta in 2021: Bla bla bla
China: We have been improving the environment for decades of time
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Nice one😂👍
I don’t think it’s right to say that about Greta thunberg, nor the Eco friendly commissions that her and her group represent. They do what they do to raise awareness. That raises funding. And allows projects like this to happen.
@@wardenstone6021 Pretty sure this project started way before she was born but yes you're right
greta 🤦♀️🛶 🤣🤣🤣
This is the most beautiful thing human has ever made for this planet. In my country they cut trees and forests barely look like forests any more.
This is the BEST human can do for now. Keep it up. Don;t give up.
I love China! ❤️ Great work brothers and sisters, salute from Serbia!
🇷🇸❤️🇨🇳
Extremely beautiful..!
One thing an ultra capitalistic country can't achieve because the final question is always "What do I profit from it"
and capitalists killing each other the processes of their world. eating their own. cannibalistic
In a communist country the question is what is the cost of something......
Neither had got anything to do with this.
admirable. golden hearts to their devotion. people need to repair man made desolation
Have u all seen a video by France 24 titled *'China’s 'Great Green Wall’: The farmers planting trees to hold back the desert'* ?
All of China's positive achivements always considered as pr0paganda by wstern mdia.
I can only imagine the size of the area which has been converted. Really impressive.
An incredible achievement indeed. No other countries can do what China has done. Just incredible!
Wow, this is magical. Despite all the perceptions we have of china, they truly deserve recognition on this and should be a beacon of hope for all of us who are grieving for all the lost of habitat so far. Truly spectacular feat
China: Transform barren land into man-made forest.
US: Transform forest into man-made barren land.
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literally the rest of the world does the same thing, not just US
That too by killing and eradicating the natives of the land
US literally has large barren lands that they could turn into forests
@@QuestionableAdviser_ They lack intentions
Huge respect to all those that made this happen! This is not just for China, but also helps the world.
What an achievement.. I hope all countries can adopt this.. Incredible..
Great achivement. For the billionares fascinated with space travel, they should attempt to fix the problems on the earth first.
They don’t care about the earth. They profit more from getting people to go to space than help the planet
Businesses men spark more forest fires so that they can make animal feed cultivation area for beef industry.
@@user-nl4xi7go8k Exactly.
@Pagan Min Why do you think that you have the authority to critize me?
hats off to these generations, your work is impressive and inspiring.
Well done China.
in Hangzhou
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Your social credit score has increased by 10 points.
Amazing work coming from the Chinese people! Beautiful & incredible designs to help nature flourish where it should....so scenic & a picturesque of tranquility💕👍👍👍
While others are obsessed in finding wrong in China they are building a sustainable environment
Wow it's such a beautiful and amazing... Appreciate to this great work 👍..
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wow!! this is really amazing and inspiring! what an achievement contributed by 3 generations of people!!
Wow! What an amazing achievement! I hope other countries will follow this example.
Impressive 👏👏👏 love from 🇵🇭
Love and respect from another east asian love from Arunachal Pradesh ❤️ we all should protect and preserve nature and make the earth more green
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are you indian?
@@AdityaSingh-ou4my no, human being
@@humansarecrazybeing5730 are you chinese?
@@AdityaSingh-ou4my no, I'm just a human being who cares about nature.
It's Amazing beautiful mind blowing because of hardworking chinese people scientist .
Great China success... 🇨🇳. 🇨🇳. 🇨🇳. ... Great for people all over the world... respect from Thailand...
Great Job, China for this amazing project.
Instead of wasting money on a glimpse of space 🚀 why not do something amazing like this to benefit everyone for generations to come.
Incrível e lindo!!
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It's amazing how they transform the barren land
Everyone should plant, not only China
Сахару.
Love this! Can't we all just get along and live in harmony.
Not while China still exists
@Kaichou America doesn't eat dog meat, also America hasn't F'ed the world up for the past 3 years.
@@Mr_Rave_UK first not only china eats dog but other asian countries do, so you're just being racist. And second America's hands aren't clean either dumbfucc
@@lncafein the dog thing was a joke 😅😂 now who's the dumbf*** 😅
@@Mr_Rave_UK jokes are supposed to be funny, and you clearly aren't 🤡
Love China and Chinese people
All by hand. For 3 generations. That is amazing
Started since 1962 !
It's almost 60 years of persistent efforts.
Well done!
Should invite Greta Thunberg to see for herself who's actually caring for the earth.
She is busy doing blah blah blah.
This is the cognitive dissonance of media. The existence of this forest should be headline all over the world
True this a green lung forest but beijing still got that cancer lung air that straight up gives its citizens cancer.
@@Fenixmaian7 the forest is not the cure all but in terms of size, it's spectacular and it shows we can do it in other countries too if theres a will. In times like this, any hope is better than no hope given there's so much bad news about the environment
Greta's job is to fear monger and a mouth piece for guilt tripping, not spreading hope
Thank you CHINA
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Its amazing 🌵🌿🌳
Western media: Errghhmmmmmm this is CGI
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Yes like when the first moon landing happened and you people said its cgi
China is beautiful.
China is Great.
China #1.
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Huge respect. China is the light of hope.
This is an amazing story, I hope this is covered in more news channels
Wow.. 3 generations of tree planters.. for the well being of the next generation.. wow..
We are also planting mangroves because in my region we are prone of tsunamis.
what a beautiful camping site
what an achievement, really proud of what these people created
took 3 generations to make the forests, really tell u what past generation could do for next generation
I hope they also interest in create whole ecosystem.
This sort of human acts give hope. I wish i could do it.
WOW!! Kudos to the hardworking generations of people toiling and tilling the land. Fantastic achievement.
Thank you for your hard work.
Award winning project 😵😵😵
China is actually highly great. The people there actually have morals and virtue. I LOVE ZHONG GUO!!!
perfect selection of BGM again, bravo
Really appreciable work, US should learn a bit.
That's amazing! ♥️
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China be like :listen we can make whole of Singapore like this forest ,so behave !!!lol 😂 nothing personal ,, just some joke ,,don't be serious
Wonderful! Hope to see even more like that!
Greatest Solute to those work in the field, to make the Earth green again.
Very nice
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We should learn many things from China, to be honest.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you for all you dedications and hardworks!
amazing great job china
Meanwhile in my country: "We need more houses, tourism spot, mine, etc. Let's cut down all those trees in the forests!!!"
Our countries leader was a foolish nomad who sells hatred and travels around the world ,increase oil price every week,send soldies to neighborhood and make a scene just before election.
Unbelievable! Great job! The world should follow this to stop desertification.
Looking at this making me happy and sad, sad because where i live ( borneo island, indonesia ) jungle become less and less, mining are everywhere......
achievements talk for Chinese democracy