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A: The ecological environment construction project in the middle reaches of the
Yarlung Zangbo River with a total planned investment of 7.22 billion yuan, has
embarked on harnessing desertification. While its main focus is on protecting
the mountain shrubwood on both sides of the river, the project also includes planting
352,000 hectares of trees and grass along the river valley. According to the progress
of the first-stage work, the ecological environment construction program in Jomda,
Gonjo, and Markam counties on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with a total
planned investment of 1.42 billion yuan, has started the natural forest protection
project. Apart from prohibiting the felling of natural forest, the authorities
concerned will also give priority to planting trees and closing hillsides to facilitate
afforestation within the project area, while at the same time accelerating the
afforestation of barren land and mountains and strengthening the infrastructure
construction for ecological environment protection. |
