The famous biologist Darwin once said: " Man must learn to obey nature, so as to overcome nature." Human beings have understood the benefits of conforming to nature and the consequences of violating the laws of nature from the process of getting along with nature. As a result, today's people will choose to love nature and protect our growth and living environment.

In this regard, the state and government have also invested a lot of time and energy, and even allocated a large sum of money to protect the environment. Of course, their efforts were not in vain, but brought very good results. Due to the active cooperation of the country and the people, a very large desert in China, the Mu Us Desert, has achieved remarkable results and has now become China's largest desert. The first desert to disappear.

Formation of the Mu Us Desert

Speaking of the Mu Us Desert, everyone must be familiar with it. This desert is located in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, north of the Great Wall Line in Shaanxi Province. The area of ​​the Mu Us Desert is very large. The area is much larger . We also know that there are various reasons for the formation of deserts, so what are the reasons for the formation of the Mu Us Desert? In order to effectively control the desertification of the Mu Us Desert, what efforts have the local government and people made?

The Mu Us Desert is not formed naturally. Studies have shown that before the Mu Us area became a desert, it was an area with fertile water plants and abundant water resources. At that time, the local animal husbandry was still very developed, and there were many famous grasslands. Come here to pasture the sheep . Seeing that this place has unique natural conditions, the shepherds decided to settle in the place of Mu Us, so there are more and more herdsmen and sheep in this pasture.

The growth rate of the pasture has been far behind the speed of the sheep grazing, so the local land quality began to decline slowly, and even desertification occurred . People who are grazing now know that when they graze their sheep, they will not stay in one pasture all the time, but will continue to migrate with the sheep, so that the pasture can have enough time to rest and grow more fertile and nutritious forage.

However, the herdsmen at that time did not have the awareness of protecting the grasslands, and because of their unreasonable grazing and reclamation, the problem of desertification appeared . In fact, when desertification problems occur in other areas, as long as corresponding protection and fallow measures are taken, the quality of grasslands can be quickly restored. However, because the Mu Us region is located at the intersection of several natural zones, the climate is relatively arid, the rainfall is also very low, and the local vegetation and soil conditions also have a strong transitional nature, so deserts are inevitably formed.

In the northwest region, the desert is expanding very fast. If the shelter forest is not established in time, the area of ​​the desert will become larger and larger, which will seriously affect and endanger people's daily production and life. This is the reason why the Mu Us Desert is so large.

take protective measures

For many years, experts in the field of environmental protection and governance have been watching the expansion of the Mu Us Desert, and they have also taken measures to slow the expansion of the desert and try to reduce its expansion . The state and government have also introduced various policies to help local residents build shelterbelts and bushes on the edge of the desert to reduce the inconvenience the desert brings to people.

There are very few plants suitable for growing in the desert, but if there are no plants to prevent the wind and fix the sand, the measure of desert governance will not be of much significance. To solve this conundrum, experts have been searching for suitable plants that can grow in the desert , but this is by no means an easy task. In the end, they decided to grow Populus euphratica and red willow in the Mu Us Desert.

These two plants can play a good role in windbreak and sand fixation. In addition, they are more resistant to sand burial than other plants, can survive longer, and can save a lot of money for the local government. With the support and help of the government, everyone felt that there was finally hope, and the desert could finally be cured. Unexpectedly, a series of episodes appeared.

There is an episode, facing the difficulty

At the beginning of planting, the plants were relatively small, and fell over when the wind blew, and the wind and sand weather in the northwest region was more frequent, which added a lot of difficulties to the construction of the shelterbelt . But this has not weakened the will of the local residents. They still plant trees whenever they have time and water the trees frequently, in order to make the roots of the trees dig deeper and deeper into the ground.

After all, their efforts were not in vain. Slowly, the plants on the edge of the desert grew bigger and higher, and their roots became deeper and deeper. As long as they were watered occasionally, these plants would not dry up. It also consolidated a large area of ​​sand, making a big step forward in the windbreak and sand fixation project.

After the local residents saw the good results, they had greater motivation. They began to plant trees in the desert. As a result, more and more trees were planted in the desert areas, and the roots of the trees were underground. The intersection and entanglement are like a lot of people hugging together, so it is not easy to be separated, and the same is true for trees. It is not easy to be overturned by strong winds.

Governance success

This windproof and desert-proof project is often called "the battle against the desert" by the local residents. This is a big project that requires everyone's efforts to be successful. Now, 80% of the largest area of ​​the Mu Us Desert has become green space. In the past, when people saw this place, they felt like a monster that eats and hurts people, but now they are no longer afraid of the Mu Us Desert. Because they really conquered this terrible desert with the help of the state and their own efforts.

The successful governance of the Mu Us Desert has also brought many benefits. Not only does the local people no longer have to worry about the expansion of the desert and the invasion of storms, but also brings many benefits to other areas. The origin of the Yellow River is in Qinghai, and it will flow through many provinces on the way, including Shaanxi. The desert control in this place has been successful, which means that the sediment carried by the Yellow River in the area will be greatly reduced.

The reduction of sediment carried by the Yellow River . The water quality of the Yellow River is getting clearer and clearer, which can also reduce the cost of purifying water sources and ensure the quality of people's living water. It can be said that the successful control of desertification in one area can bring convenience to the development, production and life of many surrounding areas .

In a word, the formation of the Mu Us Desert is closely related to human activities. If people do not wake up and only ask for it from nature, there will be no good results, but if they can learn to be grateful, give back to nature, and obey nature, then You must be able to live in peace with nature!