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  • CHINA. Gansu Province. Dunhuang. Local roads in the town of Dunhuang are sprayed with water in order to keep levels of dust down, Rapid evaporation in the hot environment appears to make this effort futile. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Innapropriate farming methods and overcultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years. The desert has even encroached upon the capital, Beijing, which is bombarded by sandstorms each spring.
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  • Military policemen and government environment rangers make records during an operation to confiscate illegally cut timber, during a night raid in rural northern Cambodia.
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  • A local Tibetan woman in the Zharu valley, which is off-limits to most tourists except those on eco-tours. The relationship between the local Tibetan people and the natural environment is a close one and traditionally has been one of balance. The name Jiuzhaigou translates as Nine Village Valley, referring to the nine Tibetan villages which are located within the valleys of the park.
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  • A member of the park management overseas visitors entering the Jiuzhaigou park. At peak times, the park will welcome up to 10,000 people a day and 2 million each year. These numbers place huge demands on the the environment around the national park as infrastructure developments increase to cope with the visitor numbers.
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  • A woman selling her goods to tourists visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • A schoolgirl does her homework in a community nestled within the forest.
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  • A waterfall in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • A woman removes the skin off of a piece of bamboo in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • Off-cuts lie discarded in a factory which produces furniture and chopsticks, all of which is made from bamboo.
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  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A worker in a factory that produces furniture made from bamboo. This one factory processes 800 bamboo trees (approximately 20 tons) per day, in southern Sichuan.
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  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A man sits on furniture made of bamboo in the streets of a small village in southern Sichuan Province.
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  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A factory worker smokes near a pile of sawdust, inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A government environment ranger cuts a confiscated Rosewood (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) log in the Phnom Tnout Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia. The country is one of the most biodiverse in South East Asia, however rapid deforestation has left only 3% of its primary forests intact. The illicit trade in Rosewood for the Asian furniture market has decimated many Rosewood species, many of which are now endangered and the trade in them has been banned internationally.
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  • Ben Davis (left), an American independent conservationist, talks with a Cambodian environment ranger, during a patrol for illegal logging in the Phnom Tnout Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia.
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  • A Cambodian environment ranger in the early morning on a patrol looking for illegal loggers, in the Phnom Tnout Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia.
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  • An environment ranger carries water while battling fires in the Phnom Tnout Phnom Pok Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia. Fires are set by farmers, loggers and local people looking to either capture wildlife or clear land for agriculture.
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  • Against smoggy skies, a man walks his daughter across a busy street in central Kolkata. According to the Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment, "18 out of every 100,000 persons in Kolkata fall victim to lung cancer annually. Seven out of 10 people in Kolkata are afflicted with some form of respiratory ailment. Also the percentage of children suffering from upper respiratory infections, cough, wheezing and eye irritation is increasing in direct proportion to the increasing concentration of PM10 [particle pollution]."  India. November, 2013
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  • Prayer flags are attached to trees in the forests in the mountains of Jiuzhagou. The relationship between the local Tibetan people and the natural environment is a close one and traditionally has been one of balance. The name Jiuzhaigou translates as Nine Village Valley, relating to the nine Tibetan villages which are located within the valleys of the park.
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  • Prayer flags are attached to trees in the forests in the mountains of Jiuzhagou. The relationship between the local Tibetan people and the natural environment is a close one and traditionally has been one of balance. The name Jiuzhaigou translates as Nine Village Valley, relating to the nine Tibetan villages which are located within the valleys of the park.
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • A tourist walks through the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • A woman visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • A buddhist monk outside his temple in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • As bamboo does not fall within the protection of the 1998 logging ban, it is frequently felled with little monitoring or regulation.
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • A young boy visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • Tourists visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • Tourists visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection.
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  • A man paints the wall of a building in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • A local man stands in fields of corn near the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea."
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  • A worker in a factory that produces beds made from bamboo. This one factory processes 800 bamboo trees (approximately 20 tons) per day, in southern Sichuan.
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  • Diners eat lunch in a small restaurant in a village in souther Sichuan Province. Virtually all of the chopsticks found in the south of China are made from bamboo.
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  • The bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
    China-Bamboo-Forests-11-17-074.JPG
  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A worker in a factory that produces chopsticks made from bamboo. "China produces 57 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which requires over 1.18 million square meters of forest," according to Greenpeace East Asia.
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  • A factory worker holds a piece of bamboo. Bamboo removal in China has grown from 260 million tons in 1990 to 1.2 billion tons in 2005.
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  • Construction vehicles near a mountainside that has been used to excavate materials for building projects. Sichuan Province.
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  • Smoke billows from a chimney in a bamboo factory in southern Sichuan. The factory produces furniture and chopsticks made from bamboo.
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  • A farmer stands near her fields adjacent to the 'Bamboo Sea' found in southern Sichuan Province.
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  • The shadow of bamboo leaves fall upon a gravestone, nestled in one of the pockets of forests in Changning County, in the southwest of Sichuan.
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  • A farmer stands near his fields adjacent to the 'Bamboo Sea' found in southern Sichuan Province.
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  • A military policeman and government environment ranger on an operation to confiscate illegally cut timber, during a night raid in rural northern Cambodia.
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  • Sichuan is one of the most densely populated regions in the country. The rapid growth in demand for bamboo resources over the last two decades has caused excessive exploitation of forest resources in the province. This has resulted in serious disturbance and destruction of the biodiversity in natural bamboo forests.
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  • Bamboo is an iconic symbol of China, recurring throughout Chinese art, writing and history.
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  • Tourists in a gift shop whilst visiting the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea." This is one of the few areas of bamboo forest in the south that have a moderate amount of protection. Felling still occurs, as the forests do not fall within the 1998 logging ban.
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  • A woman and her child in the bamboo forests of Zhuhai, which literally translates as "Bamboo Sea."
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  • Bamboo has a multitude of uses and is found throughout Chinese society in many forms.
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  • A worker inside a factory that produces furniture and chopsticks made of bamboo. Sichuan Province.
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  • A famed carries a small calf on his farm on the gently undulating Xilamuren grasslands that dominate the north of the Inner Mongolian capital, Hohhot. The grasslands have increasingly come under threat in recent years as drought, climate change and desertification increase and degrade these once fertile lands. Overgrazing is also contributing the deterioration of this unique ecosystem.
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  • A tourist stands amongst sand dunes in the Shapotou Tengger desert resort near the city of Zhongwei, in Ningxia Province. The park was established next to a Chinese Academy of Sciences research station, involved in studies investigating desertification control measures. The Shapotou park draws thousands of visitors who ride camels, do sand sliding and take boat rides on the nearby Yellow River.
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  • A woman rides a high wire in the Shapotou Tengger desert resort near the city of Zhongwei, in Ningxia Province. The park was established next to a Chinese Academy of Sciences research station, involved in studies investigating desertification control measures. The Shapotou park draws thousands of visitors who ride camels, do sand sliding and take boat rides on the nearby Yellow River.
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  • A beekeeper takes a break from work in Hebei Province, China. Local farmers have diversified in order to find alternative sources of income as the land dries as a result of desertification. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • CHINA. Hebei Province. A farmer on his farm which is suffering from lack of water. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and overcultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years. The desert has even encroached upon the capital, Beijing, which is bombarded by sandstorms each spring. 2008
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  • A tourist stands in front of a dune that is being fortified to prevent the movement of sand in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A horse walks across a desert in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A man in a rural village in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A pair of shoes lying in dry farmland in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer drains the blood from a slaughtered goat recently killed in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A farmer takes a break from working his land which is next to a wind turbine farm in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A farmer on his land which is suffering as a result of lack of water in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer on her land which is suffering as a result of lack of water in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • Local farmers, employed by the army, water tree samplings planted in the land separating the desert and farmland in an effort to stabilise the land to encourage further vegetation growth in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A worker waits whilst water is pumped through pipes to water dry farmland in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A horse walks across a desert in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-054.JPG
  • A farmer takes a break from working in his field in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • An abandoned boat in a village in Hebei Province, China. The area has been ravaged by desertification. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A pair of shoes lying in dry farmland in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A spade being carried by a farmer in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer on his land which is suffering as a result of lack of water in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • Local farmers, employed by the army, water tree samplings planted in the land separating the desert and farmland in an effort to stabilise the land to encourage further vegetation growth in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A fence disappears into a sand dunes in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A worker waits whilst water is pumped through pipes to water dry farmland in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer walking home in his village that is suffering from desertification in Hebei Province, China.  Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A woman, who runs a hotel catering for tourists visiting the local sand dunes, hugs her young child in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A farmer takes a break with her child whilst working their fields in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A spade being carried by a farmer in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • CHINA. Hebei Province. A pair off shoes lie abandoned in desertified land. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Innapropriate farming methods and overcultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years. The desert has even encroached upon the capital, Beijing, which is bombarded by sandstorms each spring. 2008
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  • A recently skinned goat hanging outside of a farmhouse near the Tianmo desert in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A young boy and girl play in a dune-buggy next to a reservoir that has dropped in level due to a recent drought, in Hebei Province, China.
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  • Tourists stand next to a reservoir that supplies drinking water to the nearby capital Beijing, in Hebei Province, China. The level of the reservoir has dropped dramatically in recent years according to local residents. A nationwide drought has gripped the country in recent months and years. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer on his land which is suffering as a result of lack of water in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-085.JPG
  • A farmer on his land which is suffering as a result of lack of water in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-084.JPG
  • A tourist playing the sand dunes of Tianmo near Beijing in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • Sand dunes move onto farmland in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-065.JPG
  • A fence disappears into a sand dunes in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • Fortifications aimed at preventing the movement of sand dunes in Hebei Province, China.. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A worker takes a break whilst waiting for water to be pumped onto dry farmland in Hebei Province, China.  Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer walking home in his village that is suffering from desertification in Hebei Province, China.  Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A man in a rural village in Hebei Province, China.
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  • A woman, who runs a hotel catering for tourists visiting the local sand dunes, hugs her young child in Hebei Province, China.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-033.JPG
  • A farmer takes a break from working his field in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-030.JPG
  • A young child stands in a field in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
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  • A farmer and child whilst working their fields in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-020.JPG
  • A farmer takes a break with her child whilst working their fields in Hebei Province, China. Desertification is the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. 41 % of China's landmass in classified as arid or desert. Inappropriate farming methods and over cultivation have contributed to the spreading of deserts in China in recent years.
    Desertification-In-China-08-20-017.JPG
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