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Posted Fri Nov 21 2008: from Guardian (UK): Soil erosion threatens land of 100m Chinese, survey finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227274114 Almost 100 million people in south-west China will lose the land they live on within 35 years if soil erosion continues at its current rate, a nationwide survey has found. Crops and water supplies are suffering serious damage as earth is washed and blown away across a third of the country, according to the largest-scale study for 60 years. Harvests in the north-east, known as China's breadbasket, will fall 40 percent within half a century on current trends, even as the 1.3 billion population continues to grow. [Read more stories about: ] New!: Your Quips: xerxes says: "Permaculture might help with this -- build *up* soil instead of plowing it into the wind." Heartless Phil says: "Permaculture, shmpermaculture... we can't even get beyond tempaculture!" Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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