Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 6.4
National forest area (10,000 t) (Sources: National Bureau of Statistics,
China's environ-
mental statistics yearbook 2011
)
50.8 billion yuan. The funding standard for artificial forestation doubled. The
forested areas of Shanxi, Chongqing, Henan and Jiangxi have as much trees as
were planted in the past 5 or 6 years.
Since the turn of the century, our country has prioritized programs to protect
natural forests, restore forests from reclaimed farmland, control sources of
sandstorms in Beijing and Tianjin, build shelterbelt networks in northeastern,
northern and northwestern regions, construct fast-growth forests, and others.
These projects raise the scale of artificially forested areas to 71 % of the total
nationwide forested area.
Additionally, national compulsory planting activities greatly promote the social
forestation. Since 1981, China has organized the largest mass tree-planting activity
in the world. Annually, about 115 million people participate in this activity and each
plants five trees per person, resulting in a total of 538.5 million trees planted [
18
].
6.9
Environmental Measures in the 12th Five-Year Plan
6.9.1 Facing Problems of Environmental Protection
in the 11th Five-Year Plan Period
First, the amount of traditional emissions remains large, far exceeding the environ-
mental capacity, which makes it hard for some areas to reach the national standard
for environmental quality. From a long-term perspective, total control is the core
work of environmental management, which is being regarded as the key to reducing
environmental pollution and improving environmental quality.
There are certain limitations to how much the local ecological environment can
accommodate the total amount of pollution. Therefore, we should better use the
