Nature's 'water filters' threatened by development, urbanization
By Wang Qian in Beijing and Zheng Jinran in Ergun, Inner Mongolia | China Daily | Updated: 2012-05-14 08:01
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The Ergun wetland in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region is one of the largest in Asia. Chen Dianjie / for China Daily |
Although the Ergun Wetland Protection Zone attracts more than 1 million domestic and foreign tourists every year, local forestry authorities struggle to balance operating costs for the zone, one of the largest in Asia.
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