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https://dialogue.earth/content/uploads/2020/05/chinese_camels.jpg142172Traditional herders in Inner Mongolia face poverty after being moved into towns to allow grasslands to recover, writes Jigang Zhou. Can Alashan's economy absorb them all, and what are the environmental risks?