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[wussboy]

And desertification has destroyed many existing biomes. I think, in the grand scheme of things, more forest is better than more desert, so this is a net positive.

[contingencies]

An insufficiently nuanced perspective. In the grand scheme of things, when you destroy a biome it's gone forever. Note that China has a recent history of blockheaded moves like this, eg. mobilizing the entire human population to kill all the birds simultaneously across the country during the cultural revolution. India's discussing re-routing the Ganges. Humans never learn.

[ceejayoz]

It's on the edges of the desert, to limit its ongoing expansion, which was directly due to human activity.

[contingencies]

And may I ask where would you assume the highest diversity of life exists in a desert?