City earmarks 1.63b yuan in forestry sector in H1
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Tuesday, 31 July 2012 08:25
Ningbo has been stepping up its forest action since the beginning of this year. In the first half of 2012, Ningbo has injected 1.63 billion yuan to its forestry sector, consisting of 600 million yuan and 660 million yuan to Yinzhou and Beilun districts respectively, who have successfully won the title of provincial Forest City last year.
Ningbo has completed 80,000 mu(5,333 hectares) of afforestation and reforestation in the first half year. The figure included a 73-km long (307 hectares in area) coastal forest belt, a 147 km-long fire-resistant forest belt, 8,000 mu (533 hectares) for valuable tree species, 30,000 mu(2,000 hectares) for forest tending project. Except the forest tending projects, which has completed 75 percent of the annual target, all the rest afforestation projects have achieved or exceeded the annual target.
Plain afforestation highlights the city's forestry sector this year. The actual afforestation has exceeded 4,7000 mu (3,133 hectares), surpassing the annual target of 45,000 mu (3,000hectares). Up to now, the city's plain forest coverage has amounted to nearly 18 percent, which means the city has completed the 2015 target set by the provincial government. To promote the plain afforestation, many precious species were introduced to villages and townships in Ningbo. Forestry authorities said they plan to plant 1.7 million rare species trees in 1,700 villages before the year of 2015. So far, they have given off 360,000 valuable trees for free and involved 430 villages in the afforestation projec
