Decrease in land productivity limits local residents' income sources and leads to poverty and increased migration to urban areas. Wind erosion has negative impacts on human health and causes damage to transport facilities. There are 145 settlements in the Gobi and steppe region that are experiencing sand burial and shifts. Compared with 1960, the number of days with dust and sand storm events has multiplied by 3-4 times, with 61-127 days of such events in the Gobi region and the Great Lakes Depression.