Latest comments posted about Stopping the sandstorms on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/920-Stopping-the-sandstorms http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/920-Stopping-the-sandstorms Is this denuding of the land in China the result of The Great Leap Forward? This happened in the early 1900's here in the U.S. when farmers cleared the land of grass to plant crops. We finally learned that You Can't Fool Mother Nature! Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-9443 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-9443 How many people can die in a sand storm? Around one thousand people! Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:05:28 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-7731 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-7731 How much land, how many lives, jobs, and careers need to be lost to get people to do something? We need to take action now. We can't wait till 2050 for the "remedy" to be completed. We need to act now! Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-6700 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-6700 The overexploitation of water, biological and soil resources by man in deserts is the fundamental reason for desertifiction and its expansion. On one hand, we are planting more trees to improve the ecosystem in deserts; On the other hand, we are destroying the system by other activities. This why China has yet to check the worsening desertification through the massive sand shield forestation programme in northern China. During the last 50 years, sand storms in China has been caused by the destruction of plants. So I think desertification can only be checked by the rehabiliation of the ecosystem in deserts, to actually improve the environment in northwest China. Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:32:31 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-4476 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-4476 Thats terrible Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:19:22 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-4219 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-4219 Society is a huge process of reincarnation. Desertification is what human beings pay to the nature for exploiting natural resources. Now people’s attitude shows that this price is not significant enough. Thus what we need to do is to try to inform people of the hazardous consequences. In fact, everyone can contribute to environment protection. Just many people are not willing to do, or ignorant of doing, that. For sure, some are aware of the situation, but are not taking any action, or even contribute to the destruction. Then, our government shall use laws and regulations to administer and stop these doings. Laws and regulations shall involve elements such as effective supervision and monitoring from the people, to entitle every citizen the capacity of protecting the environment and the right to stop destruction. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:07:32 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3581 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3581 Why has it become so much worse in the last 30 years? Is it population pressure? Lack of control? the development model? I have seen some terrible images from Inner Mongolia where the growth of the cashmere industy has means that far more goats have been bred than the land can support.. now they are starving and eating each other's coats while everything else dies. It seemthat the Han model of developemnt is evastating to theese fragile regions. For centuries the mongolians, Tibetans, Uighurs, Manchus and others lived in harmony with their land -- rich grassland and forests -- but when the Han take over they create deserts. There is nothing left of the Manchurain forests, the Mongolian grasslands are desert and the grasslands of Qinghai are going the same way nancy Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:59:09 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3553 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3553 The most shocking thing about this article is the quote about not bothering to do any rehabilitation far from the road because the bosses wouldn't notice. This is a sign of moral corruption that is truly depressing. If people who work in conservation can't be bothered to do their work sincerely, they should be fired. Why is there not an outcry in China about these officials! Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:10:21 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3559 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3559 What causes the issue here? Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:52:39 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3533 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3533 how to introduce this problem? who's responsible for this phenomenon? governments! Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:57:24 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3525 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/920#comment-3525