2015年，上海根与芽百万植树计划迎来了它自诞生起的一个重大事件以及转变——宁夏治沙项目正式开启，并在当年与宁夏灵武白芨滩国家级自然保护区开展了第一片治沙林地的合作实施。这片治沙林地虽然立地条件较差，但依然呈现出不错的治沙效果。2017年，项目扩大与白芨滩保护区的合作，并一直持续至今。十年过去，百万植树计划不断在白芨滩的沙地上生根、发芽，截止2025年底，百万植树计划已经累计在宁夏白芨滩保护区治沙10700亩，种植灌木214万余株。
In 2015, the Shanghai Roots & Shoots Million Tree Project (MTP) reached a major turning point with the launch of its Ningxia Desertification Control Project. In the same year, MTP partnered with the Ningxia Lingwu Baijitan National Nature Reserve to plant the first forest together. Although the site presented extremely challenging growing conditions, it quickly demonstrated remarkable results in stabilizing sand dunes and restoring degraded land. In 2017, MTP expanded its collaboration with the Baijitan Reserve, and that partnership has continued ever since. Over the past decade, the project has steadily taken root in Baijitan. By the end of 2025, MTP had restored a total of 713 hectares of desertified land within the reserve and planted over 2.14 million shrubs.
白芨滩保护区十年前景象，摄于2015年
Baijitan National Nature Reserve in 2015
白芨滩保护区现状，摄于2026年
Baijitan National Nature Reserve in 2026
2026年8月25日至9月6日，宁夏治沙生态行活动继续在白芨滩保护区开展，共有来自10家企业等109位志愿者参与到今年的活动中去。今年扎制草方格的地点位于早年治沙林地的“风蚀窗”。“风蚀窗”是沙化治理的一种特殊叫法，位于已治理沙丘的丘顶位置，由于高处相对风速较大而容易再次沙化裸露，且一旦裸露就会像“窗户”一样打开沙化向四周扩张的口子。经过多年的持续治理，保护区内大面积的裸露沙地几近消失，这些不断出现的“风蚀窗”成为了新的治理重点。
From August 25 to September 6, 2026, 109 volunteers from 10 companies gathered at the Baijitan Reserve to participate in the 2026 Ningxia Eco-Trip. This year’s restoration work focused on wind-erosion windows within MTP’ earlier afforestation sites. A wind-erosion window is a term used in desertification control to describe exposed patches that form on the crests of restored sand dunes. Because wind speeds are strongest at the top of a dune, these areas are especially vulnerable to erosion. Once vegetation is stripped away, the exposed patch can spread outward like an open “window”, allowing desertification to re-enter the surrounding restored land. After years of continuous restoration, large bare dunes have almost disappeared from the reserve. As a result, these newly-formed wind-erosion windows have become the next priority in protecting and maintaining the restored forest.
志愿者在沙丘顶部扎制草方格
Volunteers constructing straw grids on the top of sand dunes
志愿者运输稻草穿越花棒林
Volunteers carrying straw through blooming Hedysarum scoparium shrubs
就这样，志愿者环绕在裸露的沙丘之上，四周还有正在肆意绽放的花棒，一锹一锹扎下去，风蚀窗逐渐被草方格覆盖。在降雨来临时，志愿者转而点播柠条种子，借助雨水的浸润，柠条种子能够在干旱的沙地上快速发芽。
Surrounded by blooming Hedysarum scoparium shrubs, volunteers worked across the exposed dune tops, laying straw grid after straw grid until the wind-erosion windows were fully covered. When rain arrived, the work shifted from straw grids to sowing Caragana korshinskii seeds. With the moisture provided by the rainfall, these seeds can quickly germinate in the sandy soil, giving new life to the restored landscape.
志愿者在扎制草方格
Volunteers constructing straw grids
志愿者在雨中点播种子
Volunteers sowing seeds in the rain
志愿者播种的柠条在一周后长出嫩芽
Caragana korshinskii seedlings emerging just one week after sowing
在扎制草方格之后，志愿者一同走进百万植树计划2022年栽植林地并开展自然探索活动。经过四年的生长，这片林地的沙化程度逐渐降低，覆盖度和草本植物多样性均明显改善。通过上海根与芽工作人员的讲解，志愿者对于沙地生态的了解更进一步。
Later, volunteers visited the MTP 2022 Forest for a nature exploration activity. Four years after planting, the site has undergone a remarkable transformation. The level of desertification has been significantly reduced, while vegetation coverage and the diversity of herbaceous plants have both increased noticeably. Guided by Shanghai Roots & Shoots staff, volunteers learned how restored desert ecosystem recover over time.
上海根与芽工作人员在介绍林地情况
Shanghai Roots & Shoots staff introducing the forest
志愿者在参与自然探索活动
Volunteers participating in the nature detective game
2022年栽植林地在雨后生长出翠绿的苔藓
Green moss flourishing in the 2022 Forest after rain
志愿者还一同参观了白芨滩保护区内的防沙治沙展览馆并观看了保护区人民楷模王有得的纪录片，保护区治沙前辈的动人事迹令志愿者印象深刻。此外，生物多样性工作坊和沙漠化拼图工作坊则让志愿者在趣味的游戏中收获到满满的知识。
Volunteers also visited the Baijitan Desertification Control Exhibition Hall and watched a documentary about Wang Youde, whose lifelong dedication to fighting desertification helped transform Baijitan. His story left a lasting impression on many participants. The learning continued through interactive workshops on biodiversity and desertification collage, where volunteers gained rich knowledge in a fun way.
志愿者在观看白芨滩保护区纪录片
Volunteers watching the Baijitan Reserve documentary
志愿者在参与生物多样性工作坊
Volunteers participating in the Biodiversity Workshop
志愿者在参与沙漠化拼图工作坊
Volunteers participating in the Desertification Collage Workshop
十年治沙，终有回响。值得一提的是，今年活动的主要地点就在项目最开始的2015年治沙林地的旁边。当志愿者劳作休息时，抬头望去，就能看到十年前修复的沙地如今早已充满绿色生机，而这也是自己正在修复的沙地十年后能够变成的样子——一场发生于毛乌素沙地之上的穿越十年的交互回响在此展现。感谢过去十年以来捐赠和支持百万植树计划宁夏项目的所有企业、学校及个人，我们希望未来有更多人愿意与我们共同守护白芨滩的更多个十年。
A decade of sand control efforts have brought a visible response from the land. This year’s activity took place beside MTP’s very first Forest, planted in 2015. During breaks from work, volunteers could look across the landscape and see two moments in time at once: the once-barren dunes restored over the past decade, and the newly protected dunes they were working on today, which may look just as green ten years from now. It was a dialogue spanning a decade, unfolding in the hear of Maowusu Sandy Land. We extend our sincere gratitude to all companies, schools, and individuals who have supported and donated to the MTP Ningxia Project over the past ten years. Together, we have witnessed the change. We look forward to joining hands with even more people in protecting and restoring Baijitan the decades ahead.
志愿者在扎制草方格，背后是葱郁的2015年治沙林地
Volunteers constructing straw grids with the thriving 2015 Forest in the background
2015年治沙林地原貌，摄于2015年7月
Original view of the 2015 Forest, taken in July 2015
2015年治沙林地现状航拍，摄于2026年8月
Aerial view of the 2015 Forest, taken in August 2026
百万植树计划2026年林地赞助商纪念碑
The MTP 2026 Ningxia Forest Plaque