ABSTRACT
Human population, resources and environment are interdependent and interrelated. This relationship can be seen in the semi-arid zone in the Eastern Inner Mongolia, where the ecological condition is limited. Population growth brings unceasingly spread of desertification in the Eastern Inner Mongolia. Population growth causes (a) decrease in average acreage of arable land for each man due to the reclaimation of the rangeland and abandonment of infertile farmland; (b) an increase of animal population and over-loading of rangeland; (c) insufficiency of energy fuel and (d) uncontrolled cutting of herb plants. Positive measures should be adopted to renew the degraded environment in the desertified areas. The improvement of environment quality and the increase of human population carrying capacity of land are also the positive ways to fill the gaps amongst the human population, resources and environment. It is suggested that the landuse should be changed and its structure for cropping, re-afforesting and animal grazing should be re-orientated, the proportion of industry, trade and service enterprises at small scale should be developed and rain-fed agriculture should be replaced with irrigated farming; and poor management of land should be stopped.
