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Guardian: China has gained a sliver of ground in its ancient battle against the desert sands, the government announced today, though it warned another 300 years may be needed to solve "the most serious ecological problem facing the country".
A survey showed more than a quarter of China's land remained either degraded or lost to sand and gravel due to a combination of a naturally dry climate, centuries of over-cultivation and decades of excessive demand on water and soil from the world's biggest population......
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China makes gain in battle against desertification but has long fight ahead
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 4th, 2011
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