China has morphed into a green powerhouse over the past decade, and their push to fight desertification is doing more than restoring the soil.

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 ...

Ma Junhe (right) and a co-worker plant saxaul trees in Minqin, Gansu province, in March 2019. JIANG AIPING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Judging by the color of the sand and the direction of the wind, Ma Junhe ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a greater effort to tackle desertification as he warned the number of dust clouds hitting the north of the country had increased as a result of climate ...

Understanding desertification is essential for civil services aspirants, especially for GS Paper 1 (Geography) and Geography optional, as it links physical geography with environment, economy and ...

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.

Harmony, or "He," lies at the heart of the Chinese civilization, representing a core spiritual value that has shaped the ethos of the Chinese nation. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist ...

A desert may need no defining, but desertification is not so easy to pin down. Although the loss of soil nutrients and moisture threatens roughly a third of the world's land area, imperilling farming ...

China is "using the sun to fight the sand" in the latest chapter of its ongoing battle against "desertification". An "audacious" project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, will see the construction of 100 ...

Desertification control workers make straw checkerboard barriers in the Tengger Desert along the construction site of the Qingtongxia-Zhongwei section of the Wuhai-Maqin highway in northwest China's ...

Drylands are home to 2.1 billion people; for every three people, one calls drylands home. Drylands meet the basic needs of a significant proportion of the world, but are under threat. They harbor some ...

When discussing deserts, it’s important to keep in the mind the distinction between deserts as a specific ecosystem and desertification as a specific process. Deserts are beguiling and wondrous: ...