Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Sheep-Herder-in-Inner-Mongolia-27MZIFVBLPT9.htmlConceptually similarSheep Herders in Inner MongoliaGP04OX1Completed★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWMCompleted★★★★Farmer in Inner MongoliaGP04OWNCompleted★★★★Sheep Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OX2Completed★★★★★★Dead Plant in Inner MongoliaGP04OX0Completed★★★★Herder in Inner MongoliaGP04OXFCompleted★★★★Water Well in Inner MongoliaGP04OXYCompleted★★★★An Abandoned Hand Pump in Inner MongoliaGP04OXCCompleted★★★★Dried Out Lake in Inner MongoliaGP04OWQCompleted★★★★View AllGP04OWOSheep Herder in Inner Mongolia64 year old herder Li Lu is the owner of 40 sheep and 1 hectare of corn field. He lives next to the mouth of a water well in an area affected by severe desertification. Ten years ago, he had 80 sheep, but now with not enough grass to feed them, he had to decrease their number. 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:27 Apr, 2013Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4514px X 3009pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Desertification-Drought-Dry-East Asian ethnicities-Fuel-Grass-Herders-Herds-KWCI (GPI)-Men-One person-Outdoors-People-Rural scenes-Sheep-Shenhua Group-Toxics (campaign title)-VictimsShoot: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)