The lsquo Kubuqi Model rsquo has been praised by the UN Environment Programme for desertification co...........

Environment and Ecology Biodiversity

The ‘Kubuqi Model’ has been praised by the UN Environment Programme for desertification control and being an “eco-pioneer” in greening the world. Which of the following statements regarding Kubuqi model are correct?

1. It was developed by Private firms with the help of local people.

2. It is implemented in Egypt to promote livelihood and small industries in the region.

3. The UNEP calls it Kubuqi Ecological restoration project.

Select the code from following:

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

Life has a chance these days in Inner Mongolia’s Kubuqi Desert, around 18,600 sq km of golden sand dunes that plunge south in an arc from China’s Yellow River. Centuries of grazing had denuded the land of all vegetation, and the region’s 740,000 people were wallowing in isolated poverty.
In 1988, the Chinese firm Elion Resources Group partnered with local people and the Beijing government to combat desertification. Almost three decades later, one third of Kubuqi has been greened. Special plants have been grown to grip the shifting sands and to prevent the dunes encroaching on farms and villages.
The Kubuqi project illustrates how private firms can tackle environmental degradation, boost livelihoods and safeguarding the planet — all while chasing profits for themselves. The scheme won Elion the 2013 Global Dryland Champion Award — a prize given out by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification — in recognition of the “tremendous impact” on local people’s lives.
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•Desertification
•Sahel region