An Inner Mongolian woman takes on the desert and converts extensive arid regions into arable land by Ni Yanshuo CONVERTING vast tracks of desert into arable land is no easy task, even using the most advanced technolog...An Inner Mongolian woman takes on the desert and converts extensive arid regions into arable land by Ni Yanshuo CONVERTING vast tracks of desert into arable land is no easy task, even using the most advanced technology.Yet a woman who hails from north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region met this challenge head on.Using the helping hands of other determined women,she has made remarkable progress in pushing back the sands of time.展开更多
Mengke Dalai wanted to escape from the Kubuqi Desert where ecological degradation was making his life increasingly harsh. ＂The grassland became sandy as the grass disappeared. After that we struggled to continue with...Mengke Dalai wanted to escape from the Kubuqi Desert where ecological degradation was making his life increasingly harsh. ＂The grassland became sandy as the grass disappeared. After that we struggled to continue with our way of life, even though generations of herdsmen had lived on this pasture before us,＂ he recalled. Finally, the ethnically Mongolian herdsman in Hanggin Banner in Ordos, north China＇s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, moved to a new community for herdspeople in the banner along with his fellow villagers in 2006. The relocation was part of a grassland restoration project launched by the local govermment.展开更多
文摘An Inner Mongolian woman takes on the desert and converts extensive arid regions into arable land by Ni Yanshuo CONVERTING vast tracks of desert into arable land is no easy task, even using the most advanced technology.Yet a woman who hails from north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region met this challenge head on.Using the helping hands of other determined women,she has made remarkable progress in pushing back the sands of time.
文摘Mengke Dalai wanted to escape from the Kubuqi Desert where ecological degradation was making his life increasingly harsh. ＂The grassland became sandy as the grass disappeared. After that we struggled to continue with our way of life, even though generations of herdsmen had lived on this pasture before us,＂ he recalled. Finally, the ethnically Mongolian herdsman in Hanggin Banner in Ordos, north China＇s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, moved to a new community for herdspeople in the banner along with his fellow villagers in 2006. The relocation was part of a grassland restoration project launched by the local govermment.
