China is to host a United Nations meeting on fighting desertification in September, an official said Sunday.
中国将于今年9月举行一场对抗沙漠化的联合国会议。
About 1,400 delegates from 195 parties to a UN special convention on desertification will gather in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region, from early to mid-September, said Zhang Yongli, deputy head of the State
Forestry Administration, at a press conference.
They will discuss national goals and action plans to realize zero net land
degradation, whereby land degradation is either avoided or
offset by land restoration, by 2030, Zhang told reporters.
China's desertified area was reduced by 12,120 square kilometers from 2009 to the end of 2014, while its area of sandified land dropped 9,902 square kilometers during the period, official monitoring showed.
According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 12 million hectares of land are lost to desertification every year across the globe and the figure could rise due to population growth, climatic pressure and unsustainable farming practices.
相关单词：autonomous
autonomous解释：adj.自治的；独立的
autonomous例句：
They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
相关单词：forestry
forestry解释：n.森林学；林业
forestry例句：
At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
相关单词：degradation
degradation解释：n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变
degradation例句：
There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。
相关单词：offset
offset解释：n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿
offset例句：
Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。
