China’s segment follows a modern restoration corridor that echoes the historic Silk Road’s role as a bridge between regions, and it culminates in a symbolic relay toward Mongolia. China’s UNCCD leadership includes hosting UNCCD COP13 in Ordos (6–16 September 2017) — a milestone that helped advance global commitments and showcased large-scale dryland restoration practices.
With rangelands and pastoralists at the center, the Caravan highlights grassland restoration, drought resilience, knowledge sharing and community approaches that can be adapted across borders. The journey carries forward an older tradition of connection and shared learning, now focused on practical delivery: monitoring outcomes, sharing good practices and connecting policy dialogues with field realities. It also engages international stakeholders, media and local communities across key rangeland regions, including Inner Mongolia.
The journey follows a broad corridor that echoes the eastern reaches of the Silk Road, where long-distance routes connected regions through trade, culture and knowledge. Grasslands, desert margins and restored landscapes unfold across a vast northern expanse where herds still move and camel routes remain part of the historical imagination. As the road turns toward Mongolia, the landscape widens into a powerful final approach, inviting the traveller to follow the old spirit of exchange across lands shaped by scale, resilience and renewal.
From Ordos, the host city of UNCCD COP13, the Caravan follows a restoration corridor centered around grassland recovery, drought resilience and practical knowledge exchange, culminating in a relay toward Mongolia.