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China conducted a large-scale soil quality sampling analysis nationwide from 2005 to 2013, [83] and according to the National Soil Pollution Survey Bulletin promulgated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China in 2014, the total national soil exceedance rate (the percentage that exceeds the upper limit value) was 16.1%, of which ...
Although desertification has been curbed in some areas, it is still expanding at a rate of more than 67 km 2 every year. 90% of China's desertification occurs in the west of the country. [27] Approximately 30% of China's surface area is desert. China's rapid industrialization could cause this area to drastically increase.
Desertification is a gradual process of increased soil aridity. Desertification has been defined in the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities." [10]
The Loess Plateau is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is located southeast of the Gobi Desert and is surrounded by the Yellow River. It includes parts of the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi and Shanxi. [4]
[14] [15] [16] More than 30,000 plant species are native to China, representing nearly one-eighth of the world's total plant species, including thousands found nowhere else on Earth. China's land, extending over 9.6 million km, contains a variety of ecosystems and climates for plants to grow in. Some of the main climates include shores ...
China's soybean yields at 1.99 tons per hectare lag the 3.38 and 3.4 ton-yields in Brazil and the U.S., which have embraced genetically modified soybeans. But analysts say the government's target ...
The immense population growth in the People's Republic of China since the 1980s has resulted in increased soil pollution. [citation needed] The State Environmental Protection Administration believes it to be a threat to the environment, food safety and sustainable agriculture. 38,610 square miles (100,000 km 2) of China's cultivated land have been polluted, with contaminated water being used ...
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