China's grassland ecological compensation policy has been implemented for 10 years, 3.82 billion acres of grassland have been recuperated

　　China News Service, Beijing, December 3 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China on the 3rd that China's grassland ecological protection subsidy and reward policy has been implemented for ten years, and the grassland ecology has continued to recover, and 3.82 billion acres of grassland have been recuperated.

　　Since 2011, China has implemented grassland ecological protection subsidies and incentive policies in 13 provinces and regions, including Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Qinghai, in 657 counties and banners (group farms, farms), with a cumulative investment of more than 150 billion yuan (RMB, below). Same), more than 12 million farmers and herdsmen have benefited. At present, the policy has been implemented for two rounds. The grazing prohibition area is 1.21 billion mu, and the balance area of ​​grass and livestock is 2.61 billion mu. The situation of sequential utilization, overexploitation, and serious overgrazing has been reversed.

　　According to the monitoring results, the national grassland comprehensive vegetation coverage increased from 51% in 2011 to 56.1% in 2020, and the output of fresh grass reached 1.1 billion tons.

The number of grass species in the grassland prohibition area of ​​Inner Mongolia increased from 8 to 12 per square meter before the implementation of the policy, and the grass-livestock balance area increased from 12 to 46.

The overall degradation of the grassland in the Three Rivers Source in Qinghai has been curbed, and the population of wild animals has increased significantly.

In some impoverished counties in provinces such as Qinghai, the compensation policy income accounted for 65%.

The farmers and herdsmen in the 13 provinces and regions that implement the subsidy policy receive an annual subsidy of 700 yuan per capita, and the average household income has increased by nearly 1,500 yuan.

　　In order to further consolidate and enhance the results of grassland ecological protection, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Forestry and Grass Administration jointly issued a document that will continue to implement the third round of grassland ecological protection subsidy and incentive policies during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period (2021-2025) , The investment funds have increased unabated, and the scope of implementation has been further expanded.

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