The Idea of Arid Lands as ‘Wastelands’ Comes Mostly From Colonial Assumptions
The Wire,
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China’s Desertification Is Causing Trouble Across Asia
The Epoch Times,
Creeping desertification in China is swallowing thousands of square kilometers of productive soil every year.
China is quickly turning into a desert, and it's causing problems across Asia
Business Insider UK,
An oil tanker drives through desertified land in Hengshan county, northwest China's Shaanxi province June 1, 2011.
China is quickly turning into a desert, and it's causing problems across Asia
Business Insider,
Creeping desertification in China is swallowing thousands of square kilometers of productive soil every year.