HOHHOT, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- China will share its experience in using big data to combat desertification as part of global efforts to achieve zero net land degradation, according to an initiative unveiled at the 10th Kubuqi International Desert Forum on Wednesday. Situated in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Kubuqi Desert is China's seventh-largest desert. Through decades of greening efforts, China has treated 40 percent of the 14,100-square-kilometer desert with desertification control measures. Since its inception in 2007 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, the Kubuqi International Desert Forum has been a major international forum dedicated to the prevention and control of global desertification. Since its establishment in 2021, the China International Research Center for Big Data on Sustainable Development has developed an online big data tool to support "zero growth of land degradation" initiatives in key regions, including countries in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Mongolia.