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Licorice turns desert green, fertile in Inner Mongolia
2018-08-09
Licorice grown in the Amugulong Licorice Industry Demonstration Park in Kubuqi Desert turns desert green and helps halt desertification. Moreover, it helps soil regain integrity to host other crops and its root is used as an important ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.
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Turning desert green
2018-08-10
The use of degradable material by sand barrier technology is helping transform hundreds of acres of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi Desert into green landscape in an environment-friendly way.
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Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi Desert to hold spectacular balloon festival
2018-08-09
An international balloon festival will be held between Aug 18 and 24 at the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with various activities taking place including light shows and a beer festival.
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Kubuqi a successful example of desert greening
2018-08-06
The world's most successful land reclamation project is not to be found in a coastal area, since it is not land reclaimed from the sea. Instead, one needs to look west from Beijing at inland China and land reclaimed from desert.
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Sand-control helps villagers launch careers
2017-09-26
People living in the Kubuqi Desert have improved their understanding of “desert” by practicing desertification control over the past several decades.
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Kubuqi Desert reborn after decades of ecological construction
2017-09-26
“The environment in Ordos used to be quite terrible. The sand piled up halfway up the walls after a sandstorm overnight in spring,” said Li Fuxiang, recalling his childhood more than 30 years ago.
