THE VIDEO SHELF · ecosystem restoration
Regreening the desert with John D. Liu | VPRO Documentary | 2012
A VPRO documentary following ecologist and cameraman John D. Liu. He documents the regreening of China's Loess Plateau and other efforts to restore deserts and biodiversity around the world.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as the best-documented example of landscape-scale restoration working, with striking before and after footage from the Loess Plateau.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- vpro documentary
- Topic
- ecosystem restoration
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Soil erosion is a reversible process but it will require a little effort and planning. When it works it's an investment that actually pays off. Here's a nice example of the Chinese restoring some soil: [LINK] I've seen a documentary with some before and after …
jillesvangurp on Hacker News · 2019-07
In Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farmsProbably the best documented example of it working is in the Loess Plateau in China. John D Liu has a couple documentaries on it, here is one: [VIDEO] A good example of a similar project in India, as covered by Andrew Millison: [LINK] Sepp Holzer …
mountaintimefrm on Hacker News · 2022-09
In Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?
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