西北地区退耕还林工程的实施和政策落实

Implementation and policy execution of removal lands from cultivation for afforestation project in the northwestern areas

西北地区6省(区)退耕还林工程从1999年实施以来,各级领导高度重视,广大干部和农民群众认真贯彻落实,工程进度快,任务完成得较好,取得了重大进展。2003年初的中期评估认为:一次种植成活率低(特别是荒山造林)是干旱半干旱地区退耕还林工程实施中应引起重视的问题;经过多次补栽后,大部分省(区)验收时成活率较高,验收合格率也较高;各省(区)在退耕还林工作中的工程验收、钱粮兑现、林权证发放等政策执行方面总体上较好,从而为项目的扎实、稳妥、健康开展提供了政策保障。实;

In the last four years since the project of removal lands from cultivation for afforestation was launched in 1999, great progress has been made in the six provinces （districts） of northwest areas. Leaders of all levels have paid much attention and together with the farmers, they have had the project put into practice seriously. The job schedule has been kept going fast forward with the tasks being well fulfilled. The mediumterm assessment conclusions are that when trees are planted by one time in one afforestration task, the survival rate tends to be very low especially so when in barren hills, more attention should be paid to this problem in the progress of removal lands from cultivation for afforestation project in arid and semi-arid areas. But after several supplementary plantings, a higher survival rate was gained in most of the provinces in the acceptance check and so was a higher qualified rate. Policies such as the project acceptance, the distribution of money and food, giving out woodland certificates, and so on have been implemented fairly well on the whole in all the areas. This guaranteed a steady, safe and healthy development of the project.