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Projects meant to help Xinjiang region build ecological barrier to protect its arable land from erosion and desertification China has launched a new offensive on desertification in western Xinjiang ...

Dust storms regularly affect northern China, including its capital, Beijing. In recent years, Chinese scientists and officials have traced the source of the dust storms to its neighbor Mongolia. Much ...

Desertification is a significant problem for arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions of Earth, whereby grasslands and shrublands become a comparatively barren desert as vegetation disappears over ...

Bonn, Germany, 21 February 2024 – This year’s Desertification and Drought Day, observed on 17 June, will focus on the future of land stewardship. Every second, an equivalent of four football fields of ...

Glance out the window while descending into Lanzhou — the capital city of China’s northwestern Gansu province — and there will be a seemingly endless expanse of desert and arid mountains, with hardly ...

Desertification prevention-and-control, one of the top-priority missions in Xinjiang for many years, offers extra job opportunities for local farmers in the slack season. Braving an air temperature ...

French producer of acacia gum Alland & Robert has established a company foundation to help prevent desertification in Africa. “Our sole objective is to support African communities and fight the ...

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Floating to a new home, four of the last giraffes have been rescued from Longicharo island in Lake Baringo, Kenya, and onto the mainland of Ruko Community Conservancy on April 9, 2021. [Duncan Ndotono ...