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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HOHHOT, July 6 (Xinhua) — The construction of an anti-sand belt spanning three deserts in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has been completed, marking a major achievement in the country's efforts to combat desertification.
Workers on Sunday completed laying the last of the straw-and-grass geogrid as a sand barrier, putting the finishing touches on the final section of a 1,856-km green barrier across the Badain Jaran, Tengger and Ulan Bukh deserts designed to stop further desert advances.
The three deserts located in Alashan Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, cover a total area of 94,700 square kilometers, accounting for 83.04 percent of the total desert area in the region.
"We use straw-grass geogrids to stabilize the shifting sand, and then plant drought-resistant plants such as saxaul. This approach helps us establish an effective sand prevention and control system, which ultimately strengthens the ecological barrier," said Zhang Yuyun, chief engineer of the Alashan Right Banner Forestry and Desertification Control Administration.
Over the past four decades, Alashan aimag has carried out measures to prevent and combat desertification in an area of almost 100 million mu (6.67 million hectares). The aimag has also created two anti-sand belts with a total length of 460 km and a width of 3 to 20 km along the southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert and the southwestern edge of the Ulan-Bukh Desert. -0-
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