Xinjiang to become afforested from 2021

發布時間：2025-01-29 01:51:50 來源：與虎謀皮網 作者：探索

Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to plant some 5 million mu (about 333,000 hectares) of trees in the next five years as part of a national afforestation campaign.

About 2 million mu of trees will be planted this year, while about 1 million mu are expected to be planted each year during 2021-2025, Yang Jianming, an official with the region s forestry and grassland authority, was quoted as saying by Xinjiang Daily.

Xinjiang has planted nearly 70 million mu of trees since the launch of a national afforestation campaign in 1978 to shore up ecological shields against sand storms and desertification in northwest, north, and northeast China, according to Yang.

The green drive has expanded Xinjiang s man-made oasis area to some 62,000 square km, nearly six times the area in the 1950s.

About 95 percent of Xinjiang s arable land is under the wing of the green shield, Yang said, adding that efforts are being made to restore degraded forestry and add more adaptive local trees.

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