Is There a “Forest” Under the Desert Outside of Dubai?

Agricultural scientist Tony Rinaudo is behind one of the world’s most successful reverse desertification projects – in Niger, and now he thinks a similar underground forest might exist in the Arabian desert outside of Dubai. The natural resources adviser for the charity World Vision Australia, Rinaudo first happened upon a land regeneration technique known as farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) in Niger during the 1980s. Albeit not new, since Europeans have been using the method to grow trees for thousands of years, Permaculture News points out that it was …

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Is There a “Forest” Under the Desert Outside of Dubai?

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