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  • A chicken walks past a wall that is covered with communist and patriotic slogans in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. One says "to use Marxism to occupy the rural battlefield", another says "uphold the socialist path".  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Cheng Zhifang, self proclaimed top salesman at the Yingfeng Electronics Store, demonstrate the use of a  karaoke machine to a rural woman with a child in Daoxian, Hunan Province, China, on Saturday, 16 October 2010.
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  • Cheng Zhifang, self proclaimed top salesman at the Yingfeng Electronics Store, demonstrate the use of a  karaoke machine to a rural woman with a child in Daoxian, Hunan Province, China, on Saturday, 16 October 2010.
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  • Bright yellow- colored dormitory buildings stand on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.   The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
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  • Workers operate on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian133.jpg
  • Bright yellow- colored dormitory buildings stand on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian136.jpg
  • Workers operate on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian135.jpg
  • Workers operate on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.   The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian124.jpg
  • Truckers play cards while waiting for orders on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  The large circular cement  structure will become the base of a large cement storage silo. The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
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  • A view of the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • A man stands in front of his house in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian079.jpg
  • A man uses a flashlight to see his way through the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Young children play in front of a home in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian068.jpg
  • A man walks his cow in the village of Duntang in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian050.jpg
  • A young boy stands by a door while his grandfather peeks out the courtyard in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Workers take a break from doing maintenance work on equipment at the Yuanhua Smelter in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The company makes manganese alloys and additives that are widely used in the steel industry.
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  • Workers take a break from doing maintenance work on equipment at the Yuanhua Smelter in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The company makes manganese alloys and additives that are widely used in the steel industry.
    QS100603Daoxian020.jpg
  • A man walks along a path leading up to the village of Duntang in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Seen through housing models and their reflections on a glass case, a sales clerk sits in the sales office of Songlinyuan, a new residential development in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.
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  • A worker uses a pneumatic drill to clean out the inside of a boiler at the Yuanhua Smelter in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The company makes manganese alloys and additives that are widely used in the steel industry.
    QS100603Daoxian003.jpg
  • A mother carrying her young baby visit workers who are carrying out maintenance work on equipment at the Yuanhua Smelter in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The company makes manganese alloys and additives that are widely used in the steel industry.
    QS100603Daoxian008.jpg
  • Workers operate on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian130.jpg
  • Workers operate on the construction site of the soon to be finished Huaxin Cement Factory in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The proliferation of heavy industry into every corner of China's countryside as a result of government stimulus has created an over capacity for materials such as cement and steel.
    QS100603Daoxian105.jpg
  • Electricity appliances in a home in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
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  • Farmers carrying vegetables walk past a bunch of ducklings in the village of Duntang, in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010.  Duntang was connected to the main electricity grid and began to receive regular supply of electricity only since the beginning of 2009.
    QS100603Daoxian055.jpg
  • Workers take a break from doing maintenance work on equipment at the Yuanhua Smelter in Daoxian County, Hunan Province, China, on 03 June, 2010. The company makes manganese alloys and additives that are widely used in the steel industry.
    QS100603Daoxian012.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
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  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-27-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-26-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Timber stocks ready for new housing in the southern Polish mountains, on 16th September 2019, Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Local wealth has encouraged tourism apartments and short-stay properties in the Zakopane and Tatra National Park region, a very popular outdoor activity destination for city-dwelling Poles.
    poland-25-16-09-2019.jpg
  • Agricultural workers chop wood in front of a traditional Polish shepherds hut on the hillside, on 20th September 2019, Biala Woda, Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle Ips typographus is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insects population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floors ecology.
    poland-94-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle Ips typographus is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insects population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floors ecology.
    poland-92-17-09-2019.jpg
  • The timbers of healthy, felled spruce trees await collection in Dolina Chocholowska a hiking route in the Polish Tatra mountains, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. In this region of southern Poland however, the European spruce beetle Ips typographus is one of 116 bark beetles species in Poland which is killing thousands of spruces. The insects population can grow rapidly via wind and snow etc. which eventually leaves a gap in the landscape, thereby changing the forest floors ecology.
    poland-87-17-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-20-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Traditional Polish haystacks on agricultural land that is overlooked by the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-18-16-09-2019.jpg
  • A single ram wanders across a narrow lane, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-16-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Sheep graze on agricultural land above a village that overlooks the Tatra mountains, on 16th September 2019, in Koscielisko, Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-17-18-09-2019.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elder Atta Yadd  and her young neighbours sit have tea and warm up beside the fire after a hard day's work in rice and bamboo fields. They sleep and live in their one roomed "open plan" bamboo made stilted hut, sleeping on mats in the center close to the bamboo fire which is protected by a brick-lined hearth in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
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  • An Apatani tribal woman walks through the rows of bamboo huts on stilts in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population.
    20071209_india_0112_1.jpg
  • An Apatani tribal woman walks through the rows of bamboo huts on stilts in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population.
    20071209_india_0093_1.jpg
  • An Apatani tribal man walks through the rows of bamboo huts on stilts in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population.
    20071209_india_0027_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elder Atta Yadd spreads out to dry recently threshed rice in  her village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0309_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elder Atta Yadd dries and sifts recently threshed rice in her village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0375_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elder Atta Yadd  returns home after having  cut bamboo in the forests surrounding their village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0201_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elders Atta Yadd and her husband Ba Khang wake up in the early morning, freshen up on the raised bamboo platform of  their one roomed "open plan" bamboo made stilted hut, sleeping on mats in the center close to the bamboo fire which is protected by a brick-lined hearth in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0034-Edit_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elders Atta Yadd and her husband Ba Khang wake up in the early morning, freshen up on the raised bamboo platform of  their one roomed "open plan" bamboo made stilted hut, sleeping on mats in the center close to the bamboo fire which is protected by a brick-lined hearth in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0042-Edit_1.jpg
  • An Apatani tribal man walks through the rows of bamboo huts on stilts in the village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population.
    20071209_india_0127_1.jpg
  • Apatani tribal elders Atta Yadd and her husband Ba Khang cut bamboo  in the forests surrounding their village of Hijja, Arunachal Pradesh. The Apatani tribe are one of hundreds of indigenous tribes scattered across India, particularly the north east. Their origins are from Mongolian nomadic tribes whom settled on the Ziro plateau, close to the Chinese border, they practice fixed agriculture as well as forestry, planting trees on the rim of the plateau as well as bamboo forests from which they derive fire wood, building their homes as well as using the bamboo for all manner of applications in their daily lives, cooking utensils and household containers amongst other uses. They carefully cultivate bamboo forests allowing them to grow, but not flower and die, as this would spell disaster for their very own existence. They also tend to their rice fields and live stock for what is mostly a subsistence economy. The Indian constitution recognizes over 500 indigenous tribes, which account for 8.5% of the total population
    20071208_india_0151_1.jpg
  • A man walks past a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of a densely built new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin009.jpg
  • Banana plantation, Luang Namtha province, Lao PDR. In the far north of Lao PDR, along the border with China, ‘The Corridor of Opportunity’ refers specifically to an area where the evolving cash economy influenced by China is gradually replacing subsistence agriculture.  Vast swathes of the forest are being replaced by cash crops such as rubber, banana and sugar cane.
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  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin078.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin076.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin075.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin067.jpg
  • A man walks past a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin070.jpg
  • A view of new apartment developments rising from the desert on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin071.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin069.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin062.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin060.jpg
  • A small construction crew lays water pipes in the middle of the desert leading towards a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin057.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin055.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin056.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin054.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin047.jpg
  • Workers use wires and steel rebars to build the skeleton of a building on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin046.jpg
  • A Chinese national flag flies on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin045.jpg
  • Two man on a motorcycle ride through the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin041.jpg
  • A man walks through the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker hoist construction equipment onto the cables of a crane on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A bulldozer sits on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker hoist construction equipment onto the cables of a crane on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • Workers haul construction materials at the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
    QS110814Yulin015.jpg
  • A view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A man squats on the side of a road in view of a new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A man rides a bike past a densely built new apartment complex on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A worker operate on the site of a new apartment development on the outskirts of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China on 14 August, 2011. Like many coal rich regions in China's arid northwest, a vast amount of mineral wealth has been re-invested into the local economy in the form of speculative real estate ventures, creating hundreds of new cities that claims few real residents.
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  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
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  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
    QS111114Shanghai012.jpg
  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
    QS111114Shanghai008.jpg
  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
    QS111114Shanghai010.jpg
  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
    QS111114Shanghai006.jpg
  • Men carrying luggages walk out of the train station in Wuxin, Jiangsu Province, China, on Nov. 16, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
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  • A aerial view of densly built apartment complexes that dominates the lanscape in Shanghai, China  Nov. 14, 2011. China has for the first time in its long history to have more urban residents than their rural counterparts, and the process it expected to continue and becomes the next growth engine for China's economy.
    QS111114Shanghai005.jpg
  • A Mouchi ethnic minority man returns to the old village to collect wood from his previous home to use for construction in the villages new location, Ban Mouchee Kao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary cultivation and farmers are being exhorted to produce for markets rather than for family consumption. Forests are being logged, rivers are being dammed, large tracts of land are being given over to largely foreign investors, and mining is on the rise.  Many villages have been forcibly displaced or moved or have voluntarily relocated in search of better conditions. Proponents argue these movements and consolidations increase the access of rural populations to roads, health and education services. Others might argue that it is to keep an eye on their activities and to foster or impel their incorporation into the emerging market economy.
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  • The remains of the recently relocated Mouchi ethnic minority village of Ban Mouchee Kao, Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. The villagers have returned to remove any useful materials such as wood for construction on their new homes by the road.  Rural communities are being impelled to move from swidden to sedentary cultivation and farmers are being exhorted to produce for markets rather than for family consumption. Forests are being logged, rivers are being dammed, large tracts of land are being given over to largely foreign investors, and mining is on the rise.  Many villages have been forcibly displaced or moved or have voluntarily relocated in search of better conditions. Proponents argue these movements and consolidations increase the access of rural populations to roads, health and education services. Others might argue that it is to keep an eye on their activities and to foster or impel their incorporation into the emerging market economy.
    A0016947cc_1.jpg
  • A farmer near the village of Grudziadz in Southern Poland rests on a hat cart on the edge of a corn field during harvest. it is later afternoon and the sun is falling on his weathered face and crossed arms which are muscular and veined, signs of a life of hard labour. He is in deep thought, perhaps thinking of Poland's fast-changing economy, now that the Berlin Wall has fallen and Poland is soon to become a member of the European Community (EU). Of Poland's 18,727,000 hectares of agricultural land (about 60 percent of the country's total area), 14,413,000 hectares is used for crop cultivation.
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  • Fish Farming, flooded land is sectioned off in areas on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It’s main contributors to the economy are shrimp, fish and paddy farming. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • Fish jumping across the water at a fish farm on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It’s main contributors to the economy are shrimp, fish and paddy farming. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • Algae growing on top of the water of a fish farm on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It’s main contributors to the economy are shrimp, fish and paddy farming. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • Algae growing on top of the water of a fish farm on the 2nd of October 2018 in Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Satkhira is a district in southwestern Bangladesh and is part of Khulna Division. It’s main contributors to the economy are shrimp, fish and paddy farming. It is on the bank of the Arpangachhia River.
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  • A Hmong ethnic minority woman in Ban Long Lan carries a bowl of Arabica coffee cherries harvested for ‘Saffron coffee’, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR. The coffee is grown in the high mountain peaks and plateaus in Luang Prabang over 800 meters above sea level. In November, December and January Saffron Coffee coffee farmers gather all of their family members to hand pick only the red-ripe cherries. It will take several passes over these few months to harvest all of them. These farmers were once producers of opium, but who have been impoverished by lack of a replacement crop in the wake of opium’s prohibition by the Lao government. Saffron Coffee’s goal in helping these farmers grow coffee is to give them a viable and sustainable cash crop, developing their economy, and thus giving them the ability to buy medicines and send their children to school.
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  • With her baby on her back, a Hmong ethnic minority woman in Ban Long Lan harvests Arabica coffee cherries for ‘Saffron coffee’, Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR. The coffee is grown in the high mountain peaks and plateaus in Luang Prabang over 800 meters above sea level. In November, December and January Saffron Coffee coffee farmers gather all of their family members to hand pick only the red-ripe cherries. It will take several passes over these few months to harvest all of them. These farmers were once producers of opium, but who have been impoverished by lack of a replacement crop in the wake of opium’s prohibition by the Lao government. Saffron Coffee’s goal in helping these farmers grow coffee is to give them a viable and sustainable cash crop, developing their economy, and thus giving them the ability to buy medicines and send their children to school.
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