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Xinjiang sets global pace in desert containment
1 week, 2 days ago

Xinjiang sets global pace in desert containment

China Daily  

An event promoting desertification control efforts by the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is held during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. As a key area for combating desertification, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is committed to exploring and implementing methods that will serve as an example nationwide and contribute to China's ecological …

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Nation's anti-desertification experience seen as inspiring
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Nation's anti-desertification experience seen as inspiring

China Daily  

Workers unload stacks of straw for use in sand-fixation to fight desertification at the edge of a desert in Minqin county, Gansu province, in November. ZHANG ZHIMIN/XINHUA Goji berries from the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, raisins and walnuts from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and other economic crops grown in the desert have been highly welcomed by people from around …

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Lifetime of desert work transforms hatred to love
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Lifetime of desert work transforms hatred to love

China Daily  

Tang Ximing, a senior engineer of the State-owned forest farm in Zhongwei, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, is interviewed. CHINA DAILY For 34 years, Tang Ximing, a senior engineer of the State-owned forest farm in Zhongwei, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has developed various new technologies and models that are widely applied to desert control under the Three-North Shelterbelt Program. …

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Lifetime of desert work transforms hatred to love
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Lifetime of desert work transforms hatred to love

China Daily  

Tang Ximing, a senior engineer of the State-owned forest farm in Zhongwei, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, is interviewed. CHINA DAILY For 34 years, Tang Ximing, a senior engineer of the State-owned forest farm in Zhongwei, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, has developed various new technologies and models that are widely applied to desert control under the Three-North Shelterbelt Program. …

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Mosaic of magic
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mosaic of magic

China Daily  

Beautiful landscapes in various regions of China are benefiting from effective desertification control and green development. In 2019, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by researcher Qu Jianjun, developed the "Sand Control Magic Cube 2.0" after repeated experiments. This method involves using machines to weave wheat straw into brush-like ropes …

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Mosaic of magic
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mosaic of magic

China Daily  

Beautiful landscapes in various regions of China are benefiting from effective desertification control and green development. In 2019, researchers from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by researcher Qu Jianjun, developed the "Sand Control Magic Cube 2.0" after repeated experiments. This method involves using machines to weave wheat straw into brush-like ropes …

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Fixing the sands
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Fixing the sands

China Daily  

After reclaiming farmland in Fengzhuang town of Pengyang county in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the once barren mountains are transformed into a beautiful scene of green slopes. YANG JUHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY China, one of the countries with the severest desertification, has made significant progress in curbing the expansion of deserts after decades of relentless efforts, taking the lead globally to …

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Legacy of 'six old men' who halted sandstorms
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Legacy of 'six old men' who halted sandstorms

China Daily  

A group photo of three generations of workers in Babusha, Northwest China's Gansu province, who have devoted themselves to combating desertification and protecting residents from the ravages of sandstorms. CHINA DAILY Three generations of workers in Northwest China's Gansu province, represented by "the six old men" on Babusha forest farm, have devoted themselves to combating desertification and protecting residents from …

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China is turning its largest desert into a forest: Here's how
3 weeks, 6 days ago

China is turning its largest desert into a forest: Here's how

India Today  

China has achieved a significant milestone in its battle against desertification by completing a 3,046 km sand-blocking green belt around the Taklimakan Desert. This achievement, finalised on Thursday morning, is part of the world’s largest afforestation initiative aimed at combating desertification across northwest, north, and northeast China. China finished encircling the country's largest desert, the #TaklimakanDesert, with a sand-blocking green …

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Fixing the sands
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Fixing the sands

China Daily  

After reclaiming farmland in Fengzhuang town of Pengyang county in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, the once barren mountains are transformed into a beautiful scene of green slopes. YANG JUHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY China, one of the countries with the severest desertification, has made significant progress in curbing the expansion of deserts after decades of relentless efforts, taking the lead globally to …

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Experts learn ancient desert control wisdom in Ningxia
4 months ago

Experts learn ancient desert control wisdom in Ningxia

China Daily  

Experts learn to make straw checkerboard barriers in the desert in Zhongwei city, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Monday as part of the Foreign Experts' Tour in Ningxia. A group of experts participating in the Foreign Experts' Tour in Ningxia arrived in Zhongwei city, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Monday to learn about the area's history and achievements in desertification …

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Plantings promote fight against desertification
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Plantings promote fight against desertification

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. A third-generation ranger at the Babusha forest farm, Guo's primary daily task is to take care of the vegetation on the 300-square-kilometer desert. Located at the southern edge …

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Plantings promote fight against desertification
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Plantings promote fight against desertification

China Daily  

Guo and his family members dig up grids to place straw. FEI MAOHUA/XINHUA Taking up a legacy He explained that when he was a child, he used to enjoy playing in the desert, as he "harbored a keen curiosity about the mysteries concealed within the yellow sand". "Due to the negative lingering impact of my childhood encounters with the desert, …

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Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts
7 months, 1 week ago

Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts

China Daily  

Workers install photovoltaic panels as part of a desertification control project in the Kubuqi Desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region in July 2023. Sun Shaocheng, the region's Party secretary, said that innovation is key to the success of the region's broad green development initiatives, as Inner Mongolia aims to treat nearly 800,000 hectares of desert by 2030 using …

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Anti-desertification efforts to drive environmental security
1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-desertification efforts to drive environmental security

China Daily  

A farmer plows land ready for sweetvetch shrubs to be planted in the Tengger Desert, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. SURINA/FOR CHINA DAILY Essential tasks Speaking on Tuesday during a meeting with officials after a fact-finding trip to Inner Mongolia's Bayannuur, President Xi Jinping said the strengthening of efforts to fight desertification and move forward with key projects, such as the …

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How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts
2 years, 11 months ago

How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts

BBC  

How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts Travel Wild/ Alamy A person walks along a deserted road in the Dubai desert covered with sand dunes, towards a foggy Dubai skyscape Desertification threatens food supply in Dubai. "Trees bind the soil, sequester carbon, improve soil fertility and also improve infiltration and recharge of groundwater," says Anna Tengberg, a professor at …

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