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__**Issues**__

 * Shortage of Farmland and land deterioration

Floods**

**__Background Info__**
In the past 7 years China has lost 6.7 million hectares of arable land, or 5% of the country's total, was lost to industrial development and other purposes. China's farmland is becoming polluted more and more everyday. China's coal industry is having a major impact on the reduction of farmland. [|China has only 123.4 million hectares] of arable land, or 0.095 hectares per capita and less than 40 percent of the world's average. China also has problems with floods. The water is filling into land that was used to be farmed on. Around 200 million people are affected every year in China by natural disasters, including floods. Along with flooding comes the problem of clean water. Most of the water that is used for farming is highly intoxicated and very polluted. The pollution levels in the water are at a dangerous high. This water also takes part in destroying the arable land.

**What do we want to do or focus on:**
We are mainly trying to educate farmers and farming organizations to use the farmland wisely and correctly. Too much of China's rural land is farmland, and too much of it is farmed the wrong way. We also need to help Chinese connect with international markets to get better water filtering systems. We need to plant trees to prevent floods and more deterioration of lands which also causes some sandstorms. Our members include specialists in social involvement and environment, of cultivating trees, and outreaching volunteers who are professionals on China's land and health.