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Dispatches from the Silk Road

In May 2017, NGP participants travelled to the Chinese province of Gansu, at the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road. With China promising billions of dollars of investment into a new Silk Road for the 21st century, Gansu is looking to the future. But can development in this fragile, dry region be green and sustainable? And what role can plantations play?

Here are some of the things we discussed...