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A massive environmental protection project, including an ambitious plan to convert thousands of hectares of dry open land into forest, has been approved for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in
This follows the recent release of an environmental impact report of the east part of
A project package of 197 million yuan (US$25.3 million) will fund a number of ecological protection and construction projects to improve water resources, ecological resources, and wetlands. The package will also boost biodiversity protection, eco-industry and cultural relics protection. "The aim of the project is to eliminate poverty in the mountainous areas, provide basic social services and social security, curb the desertification process and protect ecological environment in arid areas in Ningxia," Qiang Xiaoyuan, an official with the region's environment protection administration, said. The project is one of the sub-projects of "These foreign funds have been used to curb land degradation and reduce poverty in Ningxia," Qiang said. "When the integrative ecosystem management project is completed in 2012, 22,107 hectares of new afforestation area will be built in the areas of 41,333 hectares near the "If the project is fulfilled, the control rate of the soil erosion area will reach 95 percent, and more than 90 percent of desertification area will be improved." ( |
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