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A Line in the Sand
Content:Documentary Film
Available From:Environmental Education Media Project
Media Type:Streaming Video
Release Date:2009
Running Time:25 minutes
Language:Chinese with English subtitles
Subject:Science, Technology, & the Environment
Subheading:Environment & Policy



Abstract:

In Alashan, a remote region of grassland or steppe in the Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, the desert is growing by 1000 square kilometers per year. Fifty years ago there were 50 springs in the area, three rivers and 800 small lakes. Today, sand dunes roll across the plain and the springs, rivers and most of the lakes are gone. This Earth Report film travels to Alashan to find out what has gone so drastically wrong over so short a time, and to see what the Chinese authorities and development agencies are doing to draw a line in the sand. For more information, visit the distributor's website.




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