Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Local-Activists-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBLWY7.htmlConceptually similarFarmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OXHCompleted★★★★★★Sheep Herders in Inner MongoliaGP04OX1Completed★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OX2Completed★★★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OWOCompleted★★★★Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OXFCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★Water Well in Inner MongoliaGP04OXYCompleted★★★★An Abandoned Hand Pump in Inner MongoliaGP04OXCCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OX5Local Activists in Inner MongoliaWuzhu Yunle has been arrested three times for protesting against water resources exploitation by the Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid and Chemical project. Despite her and other local people's protests, Shenhua has kept extracting groundwater at a shocking scale from the Ordos grasslands.Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.Locations:Asia-China-Inner Mongolia-OrdosDate:28 Apr, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5760px X 3840pxKeywords:Activists-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Documents-East Asian ethnicities-Fuel-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-People-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-Two people-Victims-WomenShoot:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner MongoliaA collection of images showing a devastated land and the effects of water shortage on people in the Ordos grasslands in Inner Mongolia. For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, the world's biggest coal producer by volume, has sucked this land dry, exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from these beautiful grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (also known as coal liquefaction, a process for producing liquid fuels from coal) and illegally dumping toxic industrial waste water. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.Related Collections:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner Mongolia (Photo + Video)
