Articles for Sand Control

Across China: Chinese researchers develop new frost-resistant sand-control agent
1 month, 1 week ago

Across China: Chinese researchers develop new frost-resistant sand-control agent

China Daily  

LANZHOU -- A Chinese research team has developed a chemical sand-fixation material suitable for use in cold desert regions, which is expected to serve as a new tool for sand control and desertification prevention in such areas. In colder, high-altitude or high-latitude desert regions, such as the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and the Mongolian Plateau, which are located in Northwest, Southwest and …

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Across China: Chinese researchers develop new frost-resistant sand-control agent
1 month, 1 week ago

Across China: Chinese researchers develop new frost-resistant sand-control agent

China Daily  

LANZHOU -- A Chinese research team has developed a chemical sand-fixation material suitable for use in cold desert regions, which is expected to serve as a new tool for sand control and desertification prevention in such areas. In colder, high-altitude or high-latitude desert regions, such as the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau and the Mongolian Plateau, which are located in Northwest, Southwest and …

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Success of sand control methods in Hobq Desert
2 months, 1 week ago

Success of sand control methods in Hobq Desert

China Daily  

HOHHOT — In the freezing winter, on the fringes of the Kubuqi Desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, dedicated sand control workers are busy mending and reinforcing defenses in the form of straw checkerboards — straw placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to secure dunes. In the 1950s and 1960s, with strong government support, Inner …

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Success of sand control methods in Hobq Desert
2 months, 1 week ago

Success of sand control methods in Hobq Desert

China Daily  

HOHHOT — In the freezing winter, on the fringes of the Kubuqi Desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, dedicated sand control workers are busy mending and reinforcing defenses in the form of straw checkerboards — straw placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to secure dunes. In the 1950s and 1960s, with strong government support, Inner …

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Decades-long efforts turn North China deserts into oases
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Decades-long efforts turn North China deserts into oases

China Daily  

HOHHOT -- In the freezing winter, on the fringes of the Kubuqi Desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, dedicated sand control workers are busy mending and reinforcing defenses in the form of straw checkerboards -- featuring straw placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to secure dunes. In the 1950s and 1960s, with strong government support, …

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Decades-long efforts turn North China deserts into oases
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Decades-long efforts turn North China deserts into oases

China Daily  

HOHHOT -- In the freezing winter, on the fringes of the Kubuqi Desert in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, dedicated sand control workers are busy mending and reinforcing defenses in the form of straw checkerboards -- featuring straw placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to secure dunes. In the 1950s and 1960s, with strong government support, …

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China lauded for combating desertification
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China lauded for combating desertification

China Daily  

Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene visits the China Pavilion during COP 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. Chinese people have developed various methods to fight desertification — including creating the straw checkboard barrier-fixing sand dune, conducting aerial seeding and closing sandy areas for revegetation — overcoming technical challenges in the restoration of forests and grass coverage in arid and …

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China lauded for combating desertification
3 months, 3 weeks ago

China lauded for combating desertification

China Daily  

Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene visits the China Pavilion during COP 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. Chinese people have developed various methods to fight desertification — including creating the straw checkboard barrier-fixing sand dune, conducting aerial seeding and closing sandy areas for revegetation — overcoming technical challenges in the restoration of forests and grass coverage in arid and …

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Afforestation efforts bear fruit in Taklimakan Desert
4 months ago

Afforestation efforts bear fruit in Taklimakan Desert

China Daily  

Residents plant oleaster trees in Minfeng county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Thursday. According to local conditions, the region implemented scientifically sound sand control strategies and integrated resources from various areas while overcoming administrative boundaries between different counties and cities. "To suit different conditions, three main methods are employed during the process — engineering sand control, photovoltaic sand control, and …

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Afforestation efforts bear fruit in Taklimakan Desert
4 months ago

Afforestation efforts bear fruit in Taklimakan Desert

China Daily  

Residents plant oleaster trees in Minfeng county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Thursday. According to local conditions, the region implemented scientifically sound sand control strategies and integrated resources from various areas while overcoming administrative boundaries between different counties and cities. "To suit different conditions, three main methods are employed during the process — engineering sand control, photovoltaic sand control, and …

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Fixing the sands
4 months 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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Scots pines put Zhangwu county on the map
4 months ago

Scots pines put Zhangwu county on the map

China Daily  

A scenery after the restoration of the Horqin Sandy Land. The way in which the people in Zhangwu county in Liaoning province introduced tall deciduous trees into the sandy area is a prime example," said Dang Hongzhong, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the Three-North program research institute. China's first sand control research institute was established in …

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Nation's resolve to remain firm in fighting desertification
4 months ago

Nation's resolve to remain firm in fighting desertification

China Daily  

An aerial drone photo taken on May 15, 2024 shows tree seedlings planted at an afforestation area in the Horqin sandy land in Tongliao city, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. "As a global model for desertification control, we will thoroughly implement President Xi Jinping's important initiative to improve global ecological governance and build an eco-friendly world economy, extensively engage …

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Fixing the sands
4 months 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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Inner Mongolia ramping up green efforts
10 months, 2 weeks 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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New tool, methods turn Ningxia deserts green
3 years, 9 months ago

New tool, methods turn Ningxia deserts green

China Daily  

Villagers use Tang Ximing's method to control the expansion of the Tengger Desert with grass grids in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region. CHINA DAILY According to Tang Ximing, deputy head of the Zhongwei Sand Control Forestry Center, Zhongwei city in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region has made great progress in its battle against desertification, with the total sand-controlled area reaching …

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New tool, methods turn Ningxia deserts green
3 years, 9 months ago

New tool, methods turn Ningxia deserts green

China Daily  

Villagers use Tang Ximing's method to control the expansion of the Tengger Desert with grass grids in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region. CHINA DAILY According to Tang Ximing, deputy head of the Zhongwei Sand Control Forestry Center, Zhongwei city in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region has made great progress in its battle against desertification, with the total sand-controlled area reaching …

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Shanxi progresses in sand encroachment prevention, control
4 years ago

Shanxi progresses in sand encroachment prevention, control

China Daily  

North China's Shanxi province completed sand encroachment and erosion prevention and control measures which covered a total area of 3,866 square kilometers between 2016 and 2020, according to Shanxi Forestry and Grassland Bureau on March 16. These have included the second phase of the Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control project, the fifth phase of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program and the …

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