By Source:China Tibet News
2015-07-17
Photo shows that two sand workers at the north shore of the BrahmaputraRiver are stabilizing sands by drawing squares at dune with branches. (Xinhua News Agency / Purbu Tashi)
In southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, both shores of the YarlungZangboRiver are sand source areas of major sandstorm disasters. In recent years, ShannanPrefecture inTibethas completed 2.47 thousand acres of sand control and reforestation along the northern shore of the YarlungZangboRiver and finished nearly 4.94 thousand acres of sand blocking and reforestation, making the old sand disaster deserts an oasis.
With the deepening of sand reforestation project, a large area of shifting sand dunes has become semi stabilized or stabilized dunes. Desertification areas are decreasing year by year, and water conservation capacity is enhanced significantly.
