At the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, held in the Chinese city of Ordos in September, an eco-wealth report on the Kubuqi business model was unveiled that recognized China’s ecological achievements. Kubuqi, China’s seventh-largest desert, was once a major source of sand storms in northern China.
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NewsChina
Updated Nov.1
At the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, held in the Chinese city of Ordos in September, an eco-wealth report on the Kubuqi business model was unveiled that recognized China’s ecological achievements. Kubuqi, China’s seventh-largest desert, was once a major source of sand storms in northern China. Over the past three decades, however, the private Chinese firm Elion Resources Group has reclaimed more than 6,000 square kilometers of the desert – one-third its total area – and significantly bolstered local economic growth through Public-Private Partnerships. Elion’s ecological restoration business has created a local economy of 500 billion yuan (US$76 billion) and more than a million jobs, beating a new path for desert restoration. Experts say this particular business approach may not work in other countries that suffer from desertification, but it offers valuable experience and technologies they can learn from.
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