Ah, the Yellow River A Million-Mile Ecological Disaster Investigation

Author: Li Linying
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Humanity is facing a transformation of civilization, an era full of hope and also an era full of crisis. In the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, the conflict between humans and nature has never been as urgent as it is today. Currently, the desertified land in our country has expanded to over 2.674 million square kilometers, accounting for 27.9% of the national territory, exceeding a quarter. In the past 50 years, desertification has been accelerating. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, desertification expanded by an average of 1,560 square kilometers per year. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, this increased to 2,100 square kilometers. And from the late 1980s to the early 21st century, it rose to 3,600 square kilometers.
This is a social survey reader introducing the ecological conditions along the Yellow River. Through field investigations, the author of this book reveals the great ecological disaster of the Yellow River in a real, specific, and vivid manner. After reading this book, readers are sure to be deeply thought-provoking.