China Sees Positive Results From Government Forest Conservation Program
A new study by Michigan State University has revealed profound results on China's decreasing deforestation and habitat destruction efforts since 1998.
The results praise the deforestation progress that organizations in the country are utilizing. Through these findings, it can be revealed that there is hope in mitigating global climate change.
China has been known for its high air pollution and widespread deforestation. However, according to Christian Science Monitor, from 2000 to 2010, the nation saw a great improvement on blocking efforts to eliminate forests and habitats, about 1.6 percent of recovery of China's territory.
"Before there was widespread deforestation," study author Andrés Viña of Michigan State University's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability told The Christian Science Monitor. "Now that has stopped and there is a net gain in forest cover."
These efforts now make it possible to save forests and make cleaner air. Forests place an essential impact on decreasing the atmosphere's carbon dioxide, especially through its biodiversity and prevention of soil erosions.
China's successful conversation efforts have been brought about by Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP). After the country received significant deforestation in the past decades, the conservation program helped detect sensitive areas that had been destroyed significantly and put deforestation bans in these regions while moving the focus to other timber sources.
China is not the only country that has received a decrease on deforestation, but in all over the world according to Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
"It is encouraging to see that net deforestation is decreasing and that some countries in all regions are showing impressive progress. Among others, they include Brazil, Chile, China, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Uruguay, and Viet Nam," said FAO Director, General Jose Graziano da Silva in 2015.
Through these findings, now more efforts can be made to improve China's environment.
