Dust Bowl Threatening China’s Future
Lester Brown for Common Dreams (May 2001)
Lester Brown for Common Dreams (May 2001)
The – best place – last
As Mongolia shows, nomadic pastoralism and private land just don't mix
Dornod Sumber for The Economist (Dec 2002)
As Mongolia shows, nomadic pastoralism and private land just don't mix
Dornod Sumber for The Economist (Dec 2002)
China Losing War With Advancing Deserts
Lester Brown for Earth Policy Institute (Aug 2003)
Lester Brown for Earth Policy Institute (Aug 2003)
Human and Ecological Communities of Inner Mongolia, China
A System in Stress
Bruce G. Marcot (updated 2004)
A System in Stress
Bruce G. Marcot (updated 2004)
Beijing’s Desert Storm
Ron Gluckman (Oct 2000)
Ron Gluckman (Oct 2000)
Can Sandstorms Be Controlled?
Wang Zhe for Beijing Review (2001)
Wang Zhe for Beijing Review (2001)
The Green Wall Of China
Evan Ratliff for Wired Magazine (April 2003)
Evan Ratliff for Wired Magazine (April 2003)
Grapes of Wrath in Inner Mongolia
A May 2001 report from the US Embassy Beijing
A May 2001 report from the US Embassy Beijing
UN Says Globe Drying Up at Fast Pace
Chris Hawley for Energy Bulletin (June 2004)
Chris Hawley for Energy Bulletin (June 2004)
Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China
Office of International Affairs (1992)
This report focuses on similarities and differences between Northern China's grasslands and those of the United States.
Office of International Affairs (1992)
This report focuses on similarities and differences between Northern China's grasslands and those of the United States.
The Ordos Plateau of China - An Endangered Environment
Hong Jiang (March 2000)
"It surveys environmental change during 1949-92, examines such societal factors as government policy, resource use institutions, economics, population, and cultural attitudes and beliefs, and investigates how these factors have contributed to environmental change in the Ordos Plateau."
Hong Jiang (March 2000)
"It surveys environmental change during 1949-92, examines such societal factors as government policy, resource use institutions, economics, population, and cultural attitudes and beliefs, and investigates how these factors have contributed to environmental change in the Ordos Plateau."
Beyond Great Walls - Environment, Identity, and Development on the Chinese Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Dee Mack Williams (April 2002)
"The book aims to deepen our understanding of environmental change as a social process by exploring significant tensions between such symbolic dichotomies as Chinese/Mongol, farmer/herder, private/collective, Western/Asian, and scientific/indigenous."
NOTE- This web report has no connection to DM Williams's book. Surprizingly, we came up with the same title, independent from one another.
Dee Mack Williams (April 2002)
"The book aims to deepen our understanding of environmental change as a social process by exploring significant tensions between such symbolic dichotomies as Chinese/Mongol, farmer/herder, private/collective, Western/Asian, and scientific/indigenous."
NOTE- This web report has no connection to DM Williams's book. Surprizingly, we came up with the same title, independent from one another.
China's Pastoral Region - Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable Development
John W. Longworth, G. J. Williamson
"Ecological damage to natural grasslands is one of the most serious but least well documented environmental issues facing humankind."
John W. Longworth, G. J. Williamson
"Ecological damage to natural grasslands is one of the most serious but least well documented environmental issues facing humankind."
Global Desertification Dimensions and Costs
H.E. Dregne and Nan-Ting Chou (1992)
H.E. Dregne and Nan-Ting Chou (1992)
Global Alarm: Dust and Sandstorms from the World’s Drylands
Ch 15: Mitigating the effects of disastrous sand-dust storms: a Chinese perspective
United Nations (editors Yang Youlin, Dr Victor Squires, Lu Qi) (Aug 2001)
Ch 15: Mitigating the effects of disastrous sand-dust storms: a Chinese perspective
United Nations (editors Yang Youlin, Dr Victor Squires, Lu Qi) (Aug 2001)
China National Action Program to Combat Desertification (Abstract)
China National Committee of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(Aug 1996)
China National Committee of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(Aug 1996)
Asian Air Pollution
David L. Alles (updated July 2006)
David L. Alles (updated July 2006)
Asian Dust Clouds
Paul Ostapuk (2001 Gobi dust clouds reach the American west)
Paul Ostapuk (2001 Gobi dust clouds reach the American west)
Freshwater Shortage and Desertification
edited by David L. Alles (updated Sept 2005)
edited by David L. Alles (updated Sept 2005)
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
Promote and Protect Ethnic Mongolian Rights
Promote and Protect Ethnic Mongolian Rights
Inner Mongolian People’s Party
The exiled voice of the Inner Mongolian struggle for cultural independence.
The exiled voice of the Inner Mongolian struggle for cultural independence.
China Environment and Development Information
"Human and Nature in Harmony" is created by Institue of Environment and Development, a Chinese NGO in Beijing collecting information from officially published media in China, aiming to enhance public awareness.
"Human and Nature in Harmony" is created by Institue of Environment and Development, a Chinese NGO in Beijing collecting information from officially published media in China, aiming to enhance public awareness.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Strengthening Capacity to Manage Ecosystems Sustainably for Human Well-Being
Strengthening Capacity to Manage Ecosystems Sustainably for Human Well-Being
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Breaking Down the Great FireWall
BBC News (April 2005)
BBC News (April 2005)
Sandstorms and Deforestation Allow Desert Areas to Expand into China’s Farmland
Smithsonian Institution (March 2002)
Smithsonian Institution (March 2002)
China constructing enormous ‘Green Great Wall’
Xinhua News Agency (March 2001)
Xinhua News Agency (March 2001)
Desert Storm
Asiaweek (April 2000)
Asiaweek (April 2000)
Asia faces living nightmare from climate change
China Daily (Nov 2004)
China Daily (Nov 2004)
China Water Supply to reach limit in 2030 as population grows
AFP – Science (Apr 2005)
AFP – Science (Apr 2005)
Climate Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols in China and India
Scienceweek (March 2004)
Scienceweek (March 2004)
Qinghai-Tibet Railway a Great Green Wall
Xinhua News Agency (Oct 2002)
Xinhua News Agency (Oct 2002)
Reversing Desertification
China Daily (June 2001)
China Daily (June 2001)
"Desertification" search in China Daily online
China’s Great Green Wall
BBC Monitoring (March 2001)
BBC Monitoring (March 2001)
