Winning the war against desertification
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CHINA will step up efforts to fight desertification to meet a global target of halting net land degradation by 2030, a senior official said yesterday.
The country plans to rehabilitate more than 11,300 square kilometers of severely desertified farmland in the next three years at a cost of at least 27.2 billion yuan (US$4 billion), Zhang Yongli, deputy head of State Forestry Administration, said at a press conference.
Zhang said China will enhance vegetation protection on desert land and improve compensation mechanisms to reward localities working toward fighting desertification.
China will also strengthen international cooperation, especially with countries along the Belt and Road, to reverse desertification, Zhang said.
Expanding deserts are a global challenge. It is estimated one-third of the earth is exposed to desertification, affecting millions of people.
China has effectively contained desertification, with the area of affected land shrinking for a decade.
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