Related News
China recovers 2.6 mln ha of grasslands in Three-River Headwaters
Source: Xinhua |
October 5, 2009, Monday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
SOME 2.6 million hectares of grasslands have been restored in the Three-River Headwaters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the past four years for ecological protection, local authorities said yesterday.
The Three-River Headwaters, known as Sanjiangyuan in Chinese, is the source of China's three major waterways: the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers.
"We have spent more than 950 million yuan (139 million U.S. dollars) fencing pastures and subsidizing the herdsmen and restored 2.6 million hectares of grasslands from grazing," said LiXiaonan, deputy director of the Sanjiangyuan ecological preservation and construction office of Qinghai Province.
"The total investment will reach 3.1 billion yuan to restore more than 6.4 million hectares," he said.
Sohe, deputy head of Chengduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the number of livestock in the county has reduced by one third from the previous 800,000, which allowed the grasslands to recover.
The vegetation coverage rate within the fence has reached 90 percent, Li said.
The grasslands of the Three-River Headwaters have sharply deteriorated due to global warming and frequent human activities. Degraded grasslands can speed up soil erosion and desertification.
In 2005, the central government initiated a 7.5-billion-yuan ecologic reconstruction program in Sanjiangyuan area, with grasslands recovery as one of the 22 sub-projects.
The Three-River Headwaters, known as Sanjiangyuan in Chinese, is the source of China's three major waterways: the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers.
"We have spent more than 950 million yuan (139 million U.S. dollars) fencing pastures and subsidizing the herdsmen and restored 2.6 million hectares of grasslands from grazing," said LiXiaonan, deputy director of the Sanjiangyuan ecological preservation and construction office of Qinghai Province.
"The total investment will reach 3.1 billion yuan to restore more than 6.4 million hectares," he said.
Sohe, deputy head of Chengduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, said the number of livestock in the county has reduced by one third from the previous 800,000, which allowed the grasslands to recover.
The vegetation coverage rate within the fence has reached 90 percent, Li said.
The grasslands of the Three-River Headwaters have sharply deteriorated due to global warming and frequent human activities. Degraded grasslands can speed up soil erosion and desertification.
In 2005, the central government initiated a 7.5-billion-yuan ecologic reconstruction program in Sanjiangyuan area, with grasslands recovery as one of the 22 sub-projects.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
