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China makes gain in battle against desertification but has long fight ahead

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China has gained a sliver of ground in its ancient battle against the desert sands, the government announced today, though it warned another 300 years may be needed to solve "the most serious ecological problem facing the country".
A survey showed more than a quarter of China's land remained either degraded or lost to sand and gravel due to a combination of a naturally dry climate, centuries of over-cultivation and decades of excessive demand on water and soil from the world's biggest population and fastest growing economy. Unveiling the results, state forestry officials said desertification had been stabilised, but recovery efforts would have to be stepped up. Despite the world's biggest tree-planting campaign, the relocation of millions of "eco-migrants" and restrictions on herding and farming, the report noted the "desertification trend has not fundamentally reversed". (...)

The article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/04/china-desertification

More about:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12112518

http://www.terranews.it/news/2011/01/rallenta-la-marcia-del-deserto-sulla-cina

http://www3.lastampa.it/ambiente/sezioni/news/articolo/lstp/382505/

http://gaianews.it/ambiente/siccita-nel-nord-della-cina-si-aggrava-a-rischio-autosufficienza-grano/id=8282

http://www.repubblica.it/ambiente/2011/03/10/news/muraglia_verde-13410346/?ref=HREC1-12

http://lescienze.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/Il_declino_dei_laghi_cinesi/1347069

http://blog.panorama.it/foto/2011/05/17/cina-la-lotta-al-deserto-che-avanza/

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Il Reportage fotografico «China's growing sands»:

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2011-03-22/sabbia-gola-160838.shtml?uuid=AaLDfdID

http://www.gallagher-photo.com/#/multimedia

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Case study - The Fresh Water Crisis in China's Karst Regions:

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/hidden-waters-dragons-in-the-deep/

Case study - Inner Mongolia:

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/featured-water-stories/reign/

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Il nuovo Piano di investimenti per le risorse idriche:

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=8749

http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=8795

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Deforestazione e desertificazione in Cina:

http://www.salvaleforeste.it/201102071350/deforestazione-e-alla-desertificazione-in-cina.html

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Drylands development and combating desertification - A FAO Bibliographic study of experiences in China:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7539e/w7539e00.htm#Contents

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About an Italian Cooperation Project:
http://www.vallerani.com/vallerani_eng/conclusioni2.htm

 
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