Shrubs such as salix and sea buckthorn, which require larger spacing, are cultivated in the inner part of grids, Ma Jianyun said, adding that these shrubs have better survival rates on the plateau ...

* People in the high-altitude Maqu County, in northwest China's Gansu Province, prefer to use grids made of red willow in fighting desertification. Red willow grids, which offer more durable features, ...