With unicellular algae collected from the Taklimakan desert („desert chlorella), Yishing JIANG Abdullah founded his company Ye Xili Co. which conducted tests on a 15.000 square meter desert sand area and showed formation of a algal layer of several cm thickness („bio-sand“). The project is now supported by UNIDO, tested on 50.000 square meters and expanded to other desert areas of China.
China Bio news release, Dec. 23, 2014
Xinjiang Ye Xili Co. reports success in growing green algae on desert sand