Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Dried-Out-Farmland-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBL8VU.htmlConceptually similarDried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaGP04OX6Completed★★★★Dried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaGP04OX4Completed★★★★Dried Out Corn Shoots in Inner MongoliaGP04OXECompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OWOCompleted★★★★Dead Plant in Inner MongoliaGP04OX0Completed★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OXHCompleted★★★★★★Sheep Herders in Inner MongoliaGP04OX1Completed★★★★View AllGP04OX7Dried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaZhang Dadi, a local farmer, prays for rain in the middle of his corn field that he cannot irrigate in the Adaohai Number 1 Commune. He has a 150-meter deep well that he uses to irrigate his corn. Last year he planted 20 mu of land, but could only irrigate 15 mu (1 hectare). This year he planted 15 mu but could only irrigate 8 and the remaining 7 mu didn’t get irrigated. The groundwater levels drop every year and it also hasn't rained. Corn planted over a month ago still hasn’t started to sprout. For ten years, the Chinese state-run organisation Shenhua Group, has been exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from the Ordos grasslands to use in its coal-to-liquid project (a process for producing liquid fuel 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.Locations:Asia-China-Inner Mongolia-OrdosDate:10 Jun, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4537px X 3024pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Agriculture-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Desertification-Drought-Dry-East Asian ethnicities-Farmers-Fuel-Hands-Irrigation-KWCI (GPI)-One person-Outdoors-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-Victims-WaterShoot: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)"Countdown to Extinction" Report CollectionIPCC Report Release (All Photographers, Photos & Videos)