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China ’s Encroaching Desert

November 10, 2007 – 4:10 pm

From Independent by Clifford Coonan.
China is losing a million acres a year to desertification. In Dunhuang, a former Silk Road oasis in the Gobi, the resulting water shortage has become critical.
Jiang Zhenzhong ’s cotton fields are close to the dwindling Crescent Moon lake in north-eastern China. The lake is famous throughout China, attracting a [...]

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The Globalization of Hunger

October 24, 2007 – 2:05 pm

From The Seoul Times by Yifat Susskind.
.. Another paradox: the majority of the world’s hungry people live in rural areas, where nearly all food is grown.
World Food Day on October 16 is a good time to try and understand the conundrum of world hunger. The root of the problem is the inequitable distribution of [...]

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