Watch how one herder’s traditional way of life is threatened by sandstorms and drought.
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See what living on the Gobi Desert is like. Fertile land in parts of Inner Mongolia has become desert, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes. Across China, desert expansion since 1950 has engulfed an area as large as France and Germany combined. Agriculture has been especially hit hard, with frequent sandstorms and droughts decimating grasslands. Watch how one man is struggling to raise livestock and witnessing his neighbors abandon the once-vibrant traditional community.
Read “China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ Fights Expanding Desert.”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/china-great-green-wall-gobi-tengger-desertification/
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