Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Dead-Plant-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBL564.htmlConceptually similarFarmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OXHCompleted★★★★★★Dried Out Water Well in Inner MongoliaGP04OWYCompleted★★★★Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OXFCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★The Subeinaoer Lake in Inner MongoliaGP04OWTCompleted★★★★Local Activists in Inner MongoliaGP04OX5Completed★★★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★An Abandoned Hand Pump in Inner MongoliaGP04OXCCompleted★★★★Dried Out Lake in Inner MongoliaGP04OWQCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OX0Dead Plant in Inner MongoliaLocal farmer Hu Shan pulls up a dead yang chai bush near Shenhua's Number 8 water well. Yang chai is a plant that can be eaten by cattle and sheep and holds sandy soil in place but all Yang chai in the area have died due to the over exploitation of water resources by Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid project (a process for producing liquid fuel from coal). Wushen County, Ordos, Inner Mongolia.Locations:Asia-China-Inner Mongolia-OrdosDate:28 Apr, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5297px X 3531pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Desertification-Drought-Dry-East Asian ethnicities-Fuel-Herders-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-One person-Outdoors-People-Plants-Pumps-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-Victims-Water-Water supply structuresShoot:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner MongoliaA collection of images showing a devastated land and the effects of water shortage on people in the Ordos grasslands in Inner Mongolia. For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, the world's biggest coal producer by volume, has sucked this land dry, exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from these beautiful grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (also known as coal liquefaction, a process for producing liquid fuels from coal) and illegally dumping toxic industrial waste water. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once an abundant farming area.Related Collections:Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid Impacts in Inner Mongolia (Photo + Video)