Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "Hazy spring in Beijing as lingering smog and multiple sandstorms shroud Chinese capital" video.

This is a problem that will likely take decades to solve. In China's north and north-west, herders have increased their herds of goats and sheep since the reform and open up period began. Eventually, the number of grazing animals grew to numbers that the land could no longer support, leading to grasses being uprooted and feeding desertification. Mongolia started their economic liberalization later than China, but now their animal herds have also grown much too big, leading to desertification in large parts of Mongolia. The solution is: -Penning of herd animals, preventing them from roaming freely over the land. -Planting of suitable grasses to try to regrow the grasslands. -Harvesting the grass and bringing it to the animals, rather than the other way around. -In the meantime, feed will have to be brought in from outside the region. China has had some success with this practice, but once the desert has set in, it is very difficult to bring the grassland back. It takes years and years and years. But as they say: Never give up!
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@Ariun97 Studies based in part on satellite images viewed over time clearly show that as much as 70% of Mongolia's grasslands are degraded to some degree due to overgrazing. There is a widespread decline of vegetation across the steppe. If Mongolia doesn't do something soon, there will be nothing left for the Mongolian pastoral nomads to survive on. "We can’t bring the grassland to them". Yes, you can. This is being done in other parts of the world. Keep the livestock penned, harvest the grass and bring the grass to the animals. This practice is much more gentle to the grasslands and help them survive and thrive.
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@Ariun97 Yes, I understand that, but if their practices are not changed, they will eventually descend into poverty as the grasslands disappear. Mongolia is not the first country where people have had to make radical changes to their lifestyle in order to survive.
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@chensiqiang-cn Ah, I see. your objection is that I make a comment at all. As a non-Chinese, I should not make any comments about China. Am I understanding that correctly? Well, I don't need your permission to speak my mind about any topic, and I will continue to speak my mind when I want to. If you don't like that, you are free to leave YouTube and go to Chinese video services instead. Comments there are heavily moderated in the way you prefer.
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@chensiqiang-cn "Reeks of very foreign and western backwards thinking". The solutions I mentioned are all taken from China's Loess Plateau and North-West regions, solutions that have been in place since the late 90s. In fact, China was in large part a pioneer in introducing these practices, in collaboration with The World Bank. Next time, try to learn before you write so you don't expose your own ignorance so blatantly.
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