90% of contaminated farmland to be made safe for crops
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CHINA will try to make around 90 percent of its contaminated farmland safe for crops by the end of 2020, and will also restrict development on a quarter of the country’s territory.
China will conduct a detailed investigation into soil pollution and launch pilot zones that will be used to test soil pollution prevention and treatment technologies, according to an account of a weekend meeting published by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
A 2013 survey showed about 3.33 million hectares of China’s farmland — an area the size of Belgium — was deemed too polluted to grow crops, with estimated clean-up costs amounting to 1 trillion yuan (US$159 billion).
China declared war on pollution in 2014, trying to reverse the damage done to its skies, rivers and soil by more than three decades of breakneck growth.
Environment Minister Li Ganjie said China also aims to cut the amount of “below grade V” water — water unfit even for industrial use or irrigation — to less than 5 percent by the end of 2020. The figure stood at 8.8 percent in the first half of 2017.
As part of a three-year plan, China will aim to raise the proportion of “good air days” to 80 percent in 338 major cities, Li said.
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