Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Farmer-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBL2NR.htmlConceptually similarFarmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Dried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaGP04OX3Completed★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OWOCompleted★★★★Shenuha's Landfill and Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXICompleted★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXJCompleted★★★★Shenuha's Wastewater in Inner MongoliaGP04OXKCompleted★★★★★★Dried Out Farmland in Inner MongoliaGP04OX7Completed★★★★★★★An Abandoned Hand Pump in Inner MongoliaGP04OXCCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OXHFarmer in Inner MongoliaYang Yuanxiang, a farmer from Adaohai number 3 commune, next to a water well. He worries about how he will be farming the land if the groundwater levels continue to drop. Haolebaoji, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. 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:5417px X 3611pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Agriculture-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-East Asian ethnicities-Farmers-Fuel-KWCI (GPI)-Men-One person-Outdoors-Pumps-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-Victims-Water-Water pollution-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)IPCC Report Release (All Photographers, Photos & Videos)
