From Xinhua News Agency:
China’s deserts are shrinking by 7,585 sq km annually, compared with an annual expansion of 10,400 sq km at the end of last century, a senior forestry official said here on Monday.
The decrease showed the desertification that started in China in the late 1990s had been “primarily brought under control,” said Zhu Lieke, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration.
However, “the work in this regard remains tough,” Zhu told the Beijing International Conference on Women and Desertification heldin the Chinese capital. [Full Text]
