China making headway in combating desertification

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China making headway in combating desertification

STORY: China making headway in combating desertification DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of desertified land 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAO LIBO, Zhongwei Shapotou National Nature Reserve, Ningxia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PATIGUL YASIN, Staff member, Desertification control station of Qiemo County STORYLINE: Friday marks the the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which is observed by the United Nations on June 17 every year. As a country troubled by serious soil erosion, land desertification and soil salinization, China faces an arduous task in its afforestation work. Many places in the country have taken measures to tackle desertification. In the southern edge of China's Tengger Desert, straw checkerboards are used to combat desertification. It's a dune fixation technique in which straw is placed on the surface of the desert in the shape of a checkerboard. The "straw-checkerboard mode" has prevented the desert from en

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