Person in charge of the State Forestry Bureau: This year's 11 provinces and cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have completed 15.46 million mu of afforestation

Xinhua News Agency, Nanchang, September 21 (Reporter Cheng Di, Joyin) Li Chunliang, deputy director of the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau, said on the 21st at the 2022 · Yangtze River Protection and Development Forum that since this year, 11 provinces and cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt have completed a total of The afforestation was 15.46 million mu, and the area of ​​stone desertification decreased by 42.33 million mu compared with the same caliber in 2016.

Li Chunliang said that my country continues to build the green mountains and green mountains in the Yangtze River Basin. In 2022, 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt completed a total of 15.46 million mu of afforestation. The area of ​​stone desertified land decreased by 42.33 million mu compared with the same caliber in 2016. The area of ​​soil and soil loss was reduced by 70.95 million mu. 100 million acres; built 91 countries in forest cities, and green has become a beautiful scenery of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

According to reports, my country's scientific construction of the natural protection land system for the Yangtze River Basin, organizing the compile and optimization plan of natural protection for natural protection, and incorporating the key region of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in international important wetlands and important national wetlands into the national wetland protection plan. The land system guards the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Li Chunliang said that my country has continuously improved the protection level of wild animals and plants in the Yangtze River Basin. Strengthen daily supervision, organize migratory birds to "protect" and special strike operations. The number of rare and endangered species such as pandas and Zhu Xi increased significantly, and the biodiversity of the Yangtze River Basin continued to increase.

The 2022. The Yangtze River Protection and Development Forum opened on the 21st in Nanchang. The forum was hosted by the Democratic Progressive Central Committee, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, and the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government, and the Water Conservancy Military Conservancy Committee.

[Editor in charge: Zhao Yang]

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