DESERTIFICATION

The desertification is a problem which Japan is not so familiar with. However, from the worldwide viewpoint, it is said that one-quarter of the land on the earth has already been desert and 900 million people have been influenced. Especially,desertification is serious in the Inner Mongolia autonomy district in China. The region that was rich meadow several decades ago had changed into the earth of sand by overcultivation and overpasture due to increaseof population. On the other hand, activitis that regain green have extended too. In this area that is originally meadow, there is the potential to grow plants and the possibility of green's recover by greening activities. So we should understand the fact and present situation in order to cooperate for greening activities.