The trend of ecological deterioration in my country has basically been completed by curbing the national ecological security barrier skeleton

CCTV News: The National Development and Reform Commission held a special press conference today (September 22). The relevant person in charge said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of my country, major ecosystem protection and restoration of major projects in China have achieved positive results. The skeleton is basically completed.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country has completed a total of 960 million acres of afforestation and 1.207 billion acres of forests. It has promoted forest coverage and accumulation volume to 24.02%and 19.493 billion cubic meters, respectively. ; Completion of grass -planting improvement of 611 million mu, the cover of the comprehensive vegetation of the grassland was increased to 50.32%; the area of ​​soil and soil loss, desertification and desertification of the country decreased by 274,900 square kilometers, 50,000 square kilometers, and 43,300 square kilometers, respectively.

The degree of soil and soil loss in key areas is significantly alleviated, and the average number of times in the dust of sand and dust has decreased significantly; the area of ​​more than 12 million acres of wetlands is added and repairing the wetland area, and the degree of ecological flow of rivers and lakes has increased. In the situation of ascending, the number and distribution range of flagship species such as panda, Northeast Tiger and Leopard, and Asian Elephant have increased significantly. Among them, the number of wild pandas increased to 1864, and it successfully dropped from "endangered creature" to "dangerous danger biology".

Zhang Yan, deputy director of the Rural Economic Department of the National Development and Reform Commission: Comprehensive evaluation of natural ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and oceans. Our staged evaluation of the current national ecological protection and restoration The natural ecosystem is generally stable and improved, the service functions are gradually enhanced, and the national ecological security barrier skeleton is basically completed.

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