近日，美国友人赛考斯与殷玉珍“双向奔赴”的故事引发广泛关注。二十多年前，赛考斯通过基金会向殷玉珍捐赠5000美元用于种树，昔日荒漠如今林木葱郁，成就了一段跨国治沙的佳话。
除了赛考斯，毛乌素沙地还迎来过更多“地球村民”。
美国青年殷一凡（唐纳德・阿什顿・琼斯）是其中最执着的一位。2014年，他在哈尔滨一家披萨店里看到殷玉珍治沙的纪录片，大为震撼。2015 年，他背包奔赴毛乌素沙地。初次相见，二人语言不通，只能依靠手势与微笑交流。但他学种树格外肯吃苦，单日便可栽种50多棵树苗。之后他认殷玉珍为姐姐，取中文名字“殷一凡”。十年间，他每年春天都来种树，至今已在毛乌素种下2000多棵树。
还有韩国赵三奎一家。2005年，一家人观看殷玉珍治沙纪录片后，孩子主动提出捐出压岁钱助力治沙。2006年6月，全家远赴内蒙古，孩子们亲手栽下四棵樟子松。20年过去，当年的幼苗已然长成林中粗壮的大树。
殷玉珍介绍，来自法国、德国、俄罗斯、日本、瑞士等国的友人都曾前来，有人亲临沙地植树，也有人委托她代为种植。2017年，她走上联合国防治荒漠化大会的讲台，向世界分享中国治沙经验。
为什么这么多国际友人愿意到毛乌素种一棵树？荒漠化不分国界，殷玉珍近40年耕耘造出7万亩绿洲，让不同国家的人看到了同一个事实：人类对地球的责任是共同的。他们种下的不只是一棵树，更是对共同家园的一份承诺。善意可以跨越山海，坚持能够感染远方。在殷玉珍身后，有来自海外友人的热忱，也有来自国内各地的支持——科研人员、志愿者、农牧民，无数双手和她一起，把根扎进沙土，把绿留在人间。
Recently, the story of the mutual dedication between American friend Sakolsky and Yin Yuzhen has drawn widespread attention. Over two decades ago, Sakolsky donated $5,000 through a foundation to Yin Yuzhen for tree planting. What was once a barren desert is now lush with forests, creating a remarkable cross-border tale of desertification control.
Beyond Sakolsky, the Mu Us Sandy Land has also welcomed many more "global villagers."
Among them, the American youth Yin Yifan (Donald Ashton Jones) was one of the most dedicated. In 2014, while watching a documentary about Yin Yuzhen's desertification control efforts in a pizza shop in Harbin, he was deeply moved.In 2015, he backpacked to the Mu Us Desert. When they first met, the two could not communicate through language and had to rely on gestures and smiles. However, he proved exceptionally hardworking in learning to plant trees, capable of planting more than 50 saplings in a single day. Later, he came to regard Yin Yuzhen as his elder sister and took the Chinese name "Yin Yifan." For ten years, he has returned every spring to plant trees, and has planted over 2,000 trees in the Mu Us Desert.
There was also the South Korean family of Cho Sam-gyu. In 2005, after watching a documentary about Yin Yuzhen's fight against desertification, the child voluntarily offered to donate his New Year's money to support the sand control efforts. In June 2006, the entire family traveled to Inner Mongolia, where the children personally planted four Mongolian Scotch pines. Twenty years on, those young saplings have grown into sturdy, towering trees in the forest.
According to Yin Yuzhen, international friends from countries including France, Germany, Russia, Japan and Switzerland have come to the Mu Us Desert — some planting trees on site in person, while others asking her to plant on their behalf. In 2017, she took the stage at the United Nations conference on combating desertification to share China's experience in desertification control.
Why do so many international friends travel all the way to the Mu Us Desert just to plant a tree? Desertification knows no borders. Through nearly four decades of relentless effort, Yin Yuzhen has turned the barren sands into a 70,000-mu oasis — a feat that has shown people from different countries one undeniable truth: our shared responsibility to the planet is universal. What they plant is not merely a tree, but a promise to the home we all inhabit. Kindness transcends mountains and seas; perseverance touches hearts far and wide. Standing behind Yin Yuzhen is the warmth of friends from overseas and the steadfast support of people from across China—researchers, volunteers, farmers, and herders. Countless hands join hers in sending roots deep into the sand, leaving green upon the earth.
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