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Uploaded by on May 16, 2008

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Scientists are working to save grasslands as desertification in parts of northern China has accelerated in recent years.

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  • The desert's march is claiming a million acres of land every year, and soon 40 per cent of China could be lost to the creeping sands brought in by worsening sandstorms. China suffers from a shortage of 30 billion cubic metres of water for irrigation every year. And while China has more than 20 per cent of the world's population, it has only 7 per cent of its arable land, precious farmland that the desert is slowly but surely eating its way into.

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