CHINA

Farmers work on a mountain slope in the suburbs of Huozhou City in northwest China's Shanxi Province on Friday, March 22, 2002. The local authorities have carried on the comprehensive reclamation of 667 hectares (1648 acres) of barren hills over the past two years, increasing the forest coverage from 12.6 percent to 72 percent. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ma Yimin)