Building A New Great Green Wall beated onthe east loess platuea and the middle reaches of theYellow River, Shanxi is a big coal producingprovince in China. The excess mining for neary acentury has resulted in severe d...Building A New Great Green Wall beated onthe east loess platuea and the middle reaches of theYellow River, Shanxi is a big coal producingprovince in China. The excess mining for neary acentury has resulted in severe deterioration of theecologi - cal environment of the province.In September, 1998, the Shanxi Provincial CPCCommittee and Government set up a goal or’ l23"Proect, which is to increase the covering of theforest by 1% every year, t0 speed up the powth ofthe grassland by 2% yearly, and to conhol the annual soil erosion by 3% so that the alm lf imPorving the ecological situation of the Province,could be realized. At the same time, the decisionof Controuing the Fenhe River and Afforesting theTwo mountains was made, which aimed at thetheresting of the highways in the Province as abreak through. The highways from Taiyuan to Jiuguan, from Da tong to Yuncheng, the Shanxisections of the N0. 3O7 and l08 national bighways will be built into green conidors with a topquality and a top standard. The general planningand design of the Green coindor Project was finished only within half a month by the forestry scientists. At the both sides of these four main highways, lO to 30 - meter - wide f0rest beltS will bebuilt with mainly broadleaf trees; at the outer edgeof the forest belt on the flatland- the 40 metre wide economic forest belts will be built, and astretch of lo(X) meters of shelter forest net will bebuilt, in the mountainous areas and hilly land, theentire afforestion will be realized with the first ridgeline as the limits; seenic parks along the highwayswill be set up and the towns and villages nearbywill he covered with trees.Sinee the implication of the project for hair ayear, 15, 7lO, 00O treeshave heen planted alongthe four highways, 4000O mu of baren hills hasbeen afforested. an 6O0OO mu of economic foresthas heen planted, 288 vil - lages have been covered with trees. and a farmland shelter net of 730,000 mu have been built, 480000 square meterslawn has bee in embryo.展开更多
文摘Building A New Great Green Wall beated onthe east loess platuea and the middle reaches of theYellow River, Shanxi is a big coal producingprovince in China. The excess mining for neary acentury has resulted in severe deterioration of theecologi - cal environment of the province.In September, 1998, the Shanxi Provincial CPCCommittee and Government set up a goal or’ l23"Proect, which is to increase the covering of theforest by 1% every year, t0 speed up the powth ofthe grassland by 2% yearly, and to conhol the annual soil erosion by 3% so that the alm lf imPorving the ecological situation of the Province,could be realized. At the same time, the decisionof Controuing the Fenhe River and Afforesting theTwo mountains was made, which aimed at thetheresting of the highways in the Province as abreak through. The highways from Taiyuan to Jiuguan, from Da tong to Yuncheng, the Shanxisections of the N0. 3O7 and l08 national bighways will be built into green conidors with a topquality and a top standard. The general planningand design of the Green coindor Project was finished only within half a month by the forestry scientists. At the both sides of these four main highways, lO to 30 - meter - wide f0rest beltS will bebuilt with mainly broadleaf trees; at the outer edgeof the forest belt on the flatland- the 40 metre wide economic forest belts will be built, and astretch of lo(X) meters of shelter forest net will bebuilt, in the mountainous areas and hilly land, theentire afforestion will be realized with the first ridgeline as the limits; seenic parks along the highwayswill be set up and the towns and villages nearbywill he covered with trees.Sinee the implication of the project for hair ayear, 15, 7lO, 00O treeshave heen planted alongthe four highways, 4000O mu of baren hills hasbeen afforested. an 6O0OO mu of economic foresthas heen planted, 288 vil - lages have been covered with trees. and a farmland shelter net of 730,000 mu have been built, 480000 square meterslawn has bee in embryo.
