退耕还林项目对陕北地区自然与社会的影响.pdfVIP

2007,40(5):972-979 Scientia Agricultura Sinica 1 2 3 100094 718500 716000 4 100094 Impact of Grain for Green Project to Nature and Society in North Shaanxi of China 1 2 3 4 CAO Shi-xiong , CHEN Jun , CHEN Li , GAO Wang-sheng ( 1College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094; 2Gardening Station of Jingbian County, Jingbian 718500 ; 3Institute of Soil and Water Conservation in Yan’an City, Yan’an 716000 ; 4 College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094 ) Abstract:MethodField investigations was combined with a survey of farmers to examine the results of China’s Grain for Green Project, a rapid landscape-scale shift in land use, and the effects of the project. ObjectiveThe research was intended to provide a case study on the results of a major environmental remediation policy in terms of both environmental and social factors. ResultThe results of our investigation indicated that the natural vegetation cover (including trees and forage) in areas covered by this project increased from 34.6% in 1998 to 49.2% in 2005 in the northern part of Chinas Shaanxi Province. However, the results indicated that large-scale afforestation in vulnerable arid and semiarid regions could increase the severity of water shortages, decrease vegetation cover in the afforestation areas, and adversely affect the numbers of species present. The removal of livestock from over-grazed areas had the biggest effect on restoration of vegetation co