Nearly 200 million mu of grassland has been saved through the implementation of "returning grazing land to Grassland" in China

Introduction: Xinhua Yinchuan, August 27 The grassland vegetation coverage in the project area of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has increased from 20% before construction to more than 60%, and the grass group height has increased by an average of 10 cm to 30 cm The yellow sand in the past has become a piece of green today More than 1 million mu of mobile sand dunes in the project area of Yanchi County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have been harnessed, and more than 90% of the grassland has been covered“ Green clothing "; in gasongduo village, Tongde County, Qinghai Province, more than 200 local nomads used electricity and tap water for the first time through the implementation of" returning grazing land to grass " These changes are the results of the implementation of the policy of "returning grazing land to Grassland" for two years "Returning grazing land to Grassland" refers to an important ecological construction project to restore grassland vegetation, improve grassland ecology, improve grassland productivity, and promote the coordinated development of grassland ecology and animal husbandry through fence construction, replanting and improvement, prohibition of grazing, rest of grazing, and rotation of grazing areas It is mainly implemented in the degraded grassland area in the east of Inner Mongolia and the desert grassland area in the west of Ningxia, Gansu and Inner Mongolia , the four major areas of jiangheyuan grassland in the east of Qinghai Tibet Plateau and degraded grassland in the north of Xinjiang were implemented Since the implementation of the project of "returning grazing land to Grassland" in 2003, the Chinese government has arranged a construction task of 290 million mu and invested 4.22 billion yuan By August this year, the construction tasks of 2003 and 2004 have been completed in an all-round way, and nearly 200 million mu of grassland has been rescued.