Kubuqi Desert in North China turns green thanks to efforts of local people
Updated: September 29, 2020 10:12Xinhua
Aerial photo taken on July 31, 2018 shows a sand-fixing forest in Dalad Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Kubuqi Desert, located in the Ordos plateau, has an area of about 18,600 square kilometers. Once totally barren and called the "sea of death", the desert now has a green area of more than 3,200 square kilometers thanks to the efforts of local people, enterprises and government. In 2014, The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced that Kubuqi Desert is an ecological economy demonstration zone, showing the experience and wisdom of Chinese people in the action. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Sept 14, 2020 shows a photovoltaic power base in Kubuqi Desert in Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Sept 22, 2020 shows a highway passing through the desert in Hanggin Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
People water the trees in Hanggin Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 27, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Sept 14, 2020 shows a sand-fixing forest in Dalad Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on Sept 14, 2020 shows the Kubuqi Desert in Hanggin Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on July 31, 2018 shows a sand-fixing forest in Dalad Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Photo taken on July 31, 2018 shows a farmer harvesting alfalfa at a pasture in Dalad Banner of Ordos of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
