In a remote corner of northern China, nestled between the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the vast sweep of Hebei province, lies one of the world’s most astonishing environmental achievements: Saihanba National Forest Park.
Once a desolate, windswept wasteland stripped bare by centuries of exploitation and climatic extremes, this high-altitude plateau has been transformed through human vision, sacrifice, and perseverance into the largest man-made forest on Earth.
The Saihanba National Forest Park project was decades in the making, and its remarkable birth tells a story of a people’s deep desire to resurrect a broken landscape. Click through this gallery to find out more about this forest and how it came to be.