Improving Viability of ALXA Ecological Migrants Introduction to Greenhouse Project

http://www.sina.com.cn 2005/06/30 18:24

　　Desertification pasture in ALXA has been worsened in recent years due to enlarged population and overgrazing. Government of ALXA area has planned the strategy of “migration and transfer, centralized development”, which will be promoted in the whole area.

　　In Barunbieli Town (“Yaoba Town”) of ALXA, 100 energy-saving high-efficient sunlight greenhouses will be built, which will help the 100 ecological migrant families in Helan Mountain and Tengger, when they abandon grazing, and protect desert grassland ecological system of 375 km2.

　　The government of Yaoba Town has discussed with ALXA SEE Ecological Association about cooperation for greenhouse project, and hoped for joint implementation of this project with capital and project operation experiences of the Association.

　　ALXA SEE Ecological Association will provide production manner transfer and migration for 100 herdsmen families to protect desert grassland ecological system of 375 km2, provide technical training to improve surviving ability of ecological migrants, apply participative training and management so as to improve self-organizing ability of community, impact on working ideas and manners of the government through project cooperation, and reflect project feature of the Association and improve its identification in this area through implementation of projects, by which the Association can realize the targets of restraining the serious sandstorms in China and in Southeast Asian area, slowing down the speed of desertification, and resuming the forest ecology in Helan Mountain and the desert steppe ecology in Tengger.