Regreening The Desert With John D. Liu by VPRO Documentary Backlight
Geschreven op 24-9-2018 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Natuur
For more than 15 years, cameraman and ecologist John D. Liu has been working on his worldwide mission to green deserts and to restore biodiversity.
It all started in 1995 when Liu filmed the Loess-plateau in China. He witnessed a local population who turned an area of almost the same size as The Netherlands from a dry, exhausted wasteland into one green oasis.
This experience changed his life. From that moment on, Liu has been travelling all over the world to convince and inspire government leaders, policy-makers and farmers with his film material and knowledge.
Liu diligently spreads the message that restoration of ecosystems is not only possible, but also economically very meaningful. Backlight accompanies Liu on his mission in Jordan and shows on the basis of Liu’s own film material that a green future is possible worldwide.
See also: Greening The Desert in Egypt: Eqypte Maakt Woestijn Groen - 100 Places To Remember: Kalahari Desert, Namibia - 100 Places To Remember: Zahara de la Sierra, Andalusia, Spain - TED Talks: How To Green The World’s Deserts And Reverse Climate Change by Allan Savory - The Great Green Wall Initiative for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) – UNEP: The billion tree campaign – The WaterBoxx – United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification 2010-2020 - How Saudi Arabia Is Turning Desert into Huge Farmlands - Reforestation and China’s Great Green Wall
Dii DESERTEC in EUMENA: De Sahara kan heel Europa van duurzame energie voorzien – Mena Region can Generate 3 Times more of World Power Demand – The Sahara Solar Breeder Project: 100 GW of Solar Energy in 2050 – Marokko Gaat Voor Mega Zonne-Energiecentrales: Ouarzazate Solar Power Station (OSPS) – Noor I CSP
