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Combating Desertification |
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by Adam Zhou | 26-07-2018 00:30
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Desertification is caused by human activities such as the following man induced factors:
Overgrazing Overfarming Deforestation Diversion of water Buildings and Infrastructure Groundwater Withdrawal as well as climate induced ones such as: Drought Forest Fires Floods Erosion Increased Temperature, among others. Desertification is defined as the process of taking a semi arid or sub-tropical area into a hyper-arid one without much rainfall. In China, this is one of the largest issues as identified by the United Nations. One third of the land is known to be in critical conditions as well as 400 million people who are affected. The expansion of hyper arid areas harm the livelihoods of many. Erosion related vegetation, and air quality are correlated as well. Three main case studies are to be looked at in this report. First of all, Grain for Green: The main concept is where farmers swap their farmland in replacement of forests. This is due to the former being susceptible to soil erosion and flooding. This too, promotes biodiversity at the same time. Special emphasis is on hilly areas as 65% of the targeted area is mountainous. Next is the 3 North Shelter Project: It is a series of strategically placed human-planted forest areas to prevent sand storms from entering cities and also acts to increase forest and arable land. The government offers incentives to farmers in three of the northern regions of China, hence the name. These are the North, Northeast, and Northwest. Finally the NFCP (National Forest Conservation Program): This addresses deforestation and acts to expand natural forests. Through a combination of policies, it includes technical education and training, land management planning, and research facilities for scientific development. Overall, the choice of biodiversity is very important in either of the three scenarios. Trees pull up more groundwater than shrubs for instance, and giving the context of desertification, this must be taken into account. |
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3 Comments
Hello Adam, a lot of E-gen members are paying attention to desertification and afforestation problems. Though we know well of such problems, cooperative participation of individuals do not seem to meet the equilibrium as those problems still do increase.
Making our world green by intentional goals would affect past environment, but taking barren and futile land back to green one would be running out of time already.
Thanks for your report!
Posted 29-07-2018 23:48
Hello Adam
The cases introduced above shows well of how people in various places and situation contribute to prevent further desertification. It seems to me that making forests and bringing Greens back to our living spaces are the key point in solving this issue :)
Thanks for the report!
Posted 29-07-2018 10:32
Hey Adam!
Deforestration, in its essence, is a natural process by which the Earth has been using to clear, flush out and pollinate the land, but thanks over practiced human activities, the Earth has been pushed to its edge.
I admire the way the # case studies cater to the core problem and involves every stakeholder (from farmers to government). This allows that an agreement to be brought forward with the full understanding of what needs to be done.
Lovely report Adam!
Posted 26-07-2018 19:13