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Trying to green the growing Gobi desert

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer BUREN SOUM, CENTRAL PROVINCE, Mongolia – In Beijing, we're used to hearing about the problems of desertification. Roughly 400 million people in China and a third of its land are affected by desertification... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Thu, Sep 03 2009

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03 Jul 07		China: Desertification » Global Voices Jiao told the story of her home province in Gansu which would be buried soon by yellow sand because of intensified desertification (zh).
29 Mar 07		Desertification prevention and treatment will take time and hard work » People's Daily Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for 'unremitting efforts' to halt desertification and promote sustainable economic and social development at a recently concluded meeting on desertification prevention and treatment.

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