An agreement to establish an experimental station against desertification has been reached preliminarily by the CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute and the S&T Administration of Dunhuang City, home to the world-renowned Mogao Grottoes in Northwest China's Gansu Province. It is going to be the first comprehensive monitoring lab for blown-sand disasters in extremely dry areas.
Focusing on such issues as eco-system rehabilitation in decertified areas, comprehensive sand prevention at Mogao Grottoes, optimal distribution of water-soil resources, environmental monitoring of blown-sand disasters, the station will examine the impacts of the disasters on the industrial and agricultural sectors, and historical remains, and offer suggestions on technical countermeasures against decertification.
