Article: NEW SYSTEM PREVENTS ECOLOGICAL DETERIORATION


AsiaInfo Services
04-29-2004
New System Prevents Ecological Deterioration

GANSU, Apr 29, 2004 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- A pilot work of building China's first water-saving society is in progress on Zhangye oasis in Gansu province.

In the past 2 years, Zhangye city has set up a new water resource using system.

The irrigation area has added to 4 million mu (1 mu= 667 squaremeters) from 1.03 million mu within 50 years. The over-using ofthe water resources caused the oasis ecological deterioration and brought about the ecological troubles for Zhangye itself.

The ...

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