Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Sheep-Herder-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBLYQ1.htmlConceptually similarSheep Herders in Inner MongoliaGP04OX1Completed★★★★Dried Out Corn Shoots in Inner MongoliaGP04OXECompleted★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OWOCompleted★★★★Cattle and Dead Plants in Inner MongoliaGP04OWSCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Dried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaGP04OX3Completed★★★★Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OXFCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★Dried Out Lake in Inner MongoliaGP04OWQCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OX2Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaDesertification, caused by the falling of groundwater levels, has made grasslands disappear. Now the sheep have to be raised in their pens and fed with corn. Haolebaoji, Ordos, Inner Mongolia.For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, has been exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from the Ordos grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (a process for producing liquid fuel 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.Locations:Asia-China-Inner Mongolia-OrdosDate:9 Jun, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5606px X 3737pxKeywords:Agriculture-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Desertification-Drought-Dry-Farms-Fodder-Fuel-Herders-Herds-High angle view-KWCI (GPI)-Maize-One person-Outdoors-Rural scenes-Sheep-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-VictimsShoot: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)
