The only way into the Gobi is on foot or by camel. The Chinese military controls access, so I teamed up with Chinese scientists studying desertification ... the edge of the desert.

The World Economic Forum defines "desertification" as "a type of land ... The sandstorms mainly originate from the Gobi Desert area of southern Mongolia and along the Sino-Mongolian border ...

Mongolia signed the official agreement with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) to host COP17 in its capital, Ulan Bataar, in 2026.

Last year, Inner Mongolia Energy Group saw its new projects nearly quadruple, with the capacity of generating 51.1 billion ...

Desertification is a form of land degradation ... A similar replanting initiative in China and Mongolia's Gobi desert, also known as the "Great Green Wall," includes efforts to reduce overgrazing ...

Authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have introduced a new legal framework to safeguard the ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 28, 2024 shows wind turbines in Dabancheng, also known as China's Wind Valley, in ...

The Gobi desert is a vast, cold ... "More than 100 countries face desertification problems," said Ensaikhan. "Most of them are in the Global South." He estimated that more than 70% of the land ...

On Saturday, the city of Hami enacted Xinjiang's first local regulation aimed at protecting the Gobi Desert, marking a major step in the region's broader efforts to combat desertification through ...