Rehabilitation of Karst Rock
Desert (Desertification)
Rocky desertification,drought and water deficiency are the
main environmental problems in karst areas. Vegetation cover is merely 12.6%, in the karst
region of Southern China. In Guizhou Province, area of soil loss makes up 28.4% of the
whole and still enlarges continuously with annual rate of deforestation 900km2.It
hindered seriously the economic development and promotion of local peoples
livingstandard. Under the financial aid of Chinese Government, World Bank, and WFP,
strives to rehabilitate rocky desertification, resolve the drought problem, have made
headway. Here are several successful examples in this direction.
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