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Ibid.

389 surrounding China's Gobi Desert

Damien Currington, ”Desertification Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet, Experts Warn,” Guardian, December 15, 2010.

390 goats compared to less than 10 million in the United States

Ibid.

391 China is now losing almost 1,400 square miles of arable land

Ibid.

392 Inner Mongolia and Gansu Province are merging and expanding

Ibid.

393 Taklamakan and k.u.mtag deserts are also merging and expanding

Ibid.

394 abandoned in northern and western regions of China

Ibid.

395 have already abandoned many villages to the encroaching desert

Ibid.

396 ”a savannah-like region bordering the basin on its south side”

Ibid.