Silk Road Travelers' Ancient Knowledge May Have Irrigated Desert

[Thomas Goreau]

https://www.livescience.com/61408-silk-road-helped-irrigate-desert.html

Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD
President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
President, Biorock Technology Inc.
Coordinator, Soil Carbon Alliance
Coordinator, United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Small Island Developing States Partnership in New Sustainable Technologies
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Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466595392

Innovative Methods of Marine Ecosystem Restoration
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466557734

[Renald FLORES]

If I remember well, Albizia julibrissin (silk tree) or morus Alba (white mulberry)  was initially used for erosion control in these regions before natives realized they could produce silk fabric out of the cocoon produced by the bombyx caterpillar.

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