China News Service, Xiangyang, March 4th (Hu Chuanlin, Gong Xuzhou, Chen Sai'e) "The forest coverage rate reached 48% at the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the new afforestation area was 1 million mu." The above goals were clearly stated in the four on-site promotion meetings.
In the early spring, the reporter came to the construction site of the ecological protection forest in Erfang Village, Guyi Town, Xiangzhou District, Xiangyang City, and saw that the newly planted camphor trees on both sides of the road had shown new shoots, and there were rows of green trees and cedar trees along the line. , compound leaf maple and other trees are opening branches and loose leaves.
The staff told reporters that the main canal of the northern Hubei water resource allocation project passed through the forest.
The ecological protection forest construction project for water resources allocation in northern Hubei runs through Laohekou, Xiangzhou District and the main agricultural production areas of Zaoyang City.
The project passes through 5 towns and 27 villages in Xiangzhou District, with a total length of 52.2 kilometers. The planned afforestation width is 100 meters and the afforestation area is about 7,500 mu.
After the project is completed, the ecological service functions such as windbreak and sand fixation, air purification and environment beautification can be well realized.
Photo by Hu Chuanlin of Hubei Ecological Shelter Forest Construction Project in Erfang Village, Guyi Town, Xiangzhou District, Xiangyang City
Walking into Yao'an Village, Yinji Township, Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City, during the spring ploughing season, the busy people are seen from time to time in the fields.
As a national key village for rural tourism, Yao'an Village covers an area of 8.6 square kilometers, of which more than 5,000 mu of mountain forests, with a forest coverage rate of over 45%.
By vigorously developing the forestry economy, the village has truly achieved both ecological conservation and industrial benefits, becoming a vivid portrayal of "industrialization of ecological construction and ecologicalization of industrial development", and an important means of promoting rural revitalization.
According to the city's green-full Xiangyang re-improvement action plan, in 2022, the city plans to complete 218,600 mu of forest, 15,200 mu of forest seedlings, 183,000 mu of young and middle-aged forests, and 2 provincial-level forest towns and municipal-level forests. There are 10 towns and 426 forest villages at all levels.
Hu Yong, deputy secretary of the Xiangyang Municipal Party Committee, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and leader of the Green Man Xiangyang Re-improvement Action Leading Group, introduced that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the city will coordinate the promotion of the "2129" project, which is to build the Xiangyang Forest City Cluster and the southwestern mountainous area. The "Two Mountains" demonstration and pilot construction are two major leaders, with a new afforestation of more than 1 million mu and a planned investment of more than 20 billion yuan to implement the ecological green heart of Yuliangzhou, the ecological corridor of the Han River, the ecological protection forest in northern Hubei, and the ecological barrier around the city in the central city. 9 key projects, including the Hanjiang Botanical Garden, the "Thousand Villages and Ten Thousand Trees" campaign, the establishment of forest units, the breeding base of native tree seedlings, and the Central Park of Xianshan City, in order to accelerate the construction of beautiful Xiangyang, take the lead in realizing the green rise, and promote the "Xiangshi Sui God" "The coordinated development of urban agglomerations provides a good ecological guarantee.
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