By next year, Nanjing will increase afforestation by 100,000 mu

With the annual "World Water Day" and "World Water Week" coming in late March, soil and water conservation has once again become a hot topic. March 10, in the Qinhuai River, from the city nearly 40 groups of families to build shelter forest for the mother river, planted seedlings, buried soil, watering, the children on their own strength planted hits the saplings, also let the concept of water conservation "plant" into the heart. It is reported that by 2020, Nanjing will increase afforestation by 100,000 mu to restore ecologically fragile areas.

A small tree a wish, hope to grow up to see more "green" Qinhuai River

In the morning of March 10, the parents took the children to a green belt near the New River of Qinhuai River. The children used their own small shovels to loosen the soil, and the parents used big shovels to dig out tree pits and work together to plant small saplings. Modern express reporter to see, although many children are very young, but dry up but have a good style, scrambling to take a small bucket to his beloved saplings watering.

This year on the second grade CAI Yimo children said, used to see trees in textbooks, today for the first time experience, feel interesting and wonderful. Put the saplings in the tree pit, fill the soil, and water, the saplings will live, if they are like this, I can plant many trees a day!" Many kinds of good trees on the scene have hung a wish card, write the children's different wishes, "Saplings saplings grow up quickly, I hope I can grow up to see more green more beautiful Qinhuai River."

Zhao Yuegang, director of the Qinhuai River Management Office in Nanjing, said that the event, which falls on March 12, was organized to plant trees in families to instill an idea of ecological protection in children's minds and develop a good habit of caring for the environment from an early age. We also hope that through small hands, we can drive more people in the society to care for the environmental construction of our river and contribute our due strength to the mother river."

The three-year Afforestation Plan will add 100,000 mu of green forest in Nanjing

Zhao Yuegang noted that the construction of ecological rivers and lakes is being actively promoted across the country, and planting proper green plants along the river is of great significance for soil and water conservation and the construction of river biodiversity. According to the "Increase afforestation efforts to improve the level of forest cover three-year action Plan (2018-2020)", Nanjing will be green channel, along the water shelter belt, ecological fragile areas of environmental restoration, beautiful countryside and economic forest fruit industry construction "at present, the river management office under the jurisdiction of the protective green has more than 1700 mu, this year will be part of the replanting. In addition, small scale landscape upgrading will be carried out in the New River of Qinhuai and Nanjing South Railway Station. Some trees are getting old, and some need to be retooled to meet the needs of today's urban rivers." Nanjing Qinhuai River management Office green person Fan Xuezhi introduced to.

It is reported that in the next two years, Nanjing will continue to implement the construction of green channels, improve the construction of water shelter belts, implement the environmental restoration project in ecologically fragile areas, and promote the greening of beautiful rural characteristic towns. In particular, afforestation should be carried out on both sides of trunk roads such as Ningan high-speed Railway, Ningqi Railway, Chunwu Expressway, S340 provincial highway, S341 provincial highway and S246 North extension line, which have been built or newly built during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. To promote the improvement of protection forest belts in the Yangtze River, Shuiyang River, Chuhe River, Qinhuai River, Shiwu Lake, Gucheng Lake and other cross-basin rivers and lakes, as well as 45 provincial-level backbone rivers; We will promote the closure of mining pits and outages as well as ecological restoration, make full use of abandoned land for afforestation, and restore damaged land.

Article source: Modern Express