Interview: Chinese desertification control expert calls for global unity to protect planet

ROME, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- A leading Chinese expert on desertification control has called for global unity to protect food security and the environment. Yin Yuzhen, who has spent more than four decades restoring the Maowusu Sandy Land in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, said in a recent interview with Xinhua that she hopes to share her experience and inspire collective efforts to safeguard the future of the planet. Yin was named one of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U