What is the current problem of desertification in Inner Mongolia and Chifeng City?
• Inner Mongolia is suffering from loss of soil fertility and productivity due to overuse, and many areas are severely degraded. Loss of soil productivity means human and ecological communities have suffered. • In the area of 90,021 km² in Chifeng city (district), the area of soil erosion was 10,820 km² in 1958; 17,839 km² in 1975; and 21,139 km² in 1984. This increase causes damage to the ecological community in this region. • Associated problems include overgrazing, habitat degradation, loss of native wildlife and forests, decrease in native wetlands, sandstorms, human poverty, overpopulation, lack of a diverse economic base, lack of education on the problem and its solutions, and a lack of scientific studies. • Causes of these problems include human activities, natural forest loss, overuse of water, increasing consumer demands, lack of economic diversity, mistaken government policies, loss of traditional cultural knowledge, changes in grazing patterns, and lack of implementation of
