China plans to withdraw more than 600 thousand hectares of farmland for reforestation of forests

Date: 09:40, 08-06-2015.

Almaty. June 8. Silkroadnews - In 2015, China will withdraw from the farmlands 10 million mu (1 hectare = 15 mu) of farmland to restore forests and herbaceous vegetation, reported Xinhua news agency.
In particular, to the Forest Fund is planned to transfer 9.4 million mu of farmland, restoration of grassland vegetation is expected to cover 600 thousand square mu.
The program includes the land on a slope of 25 degrees, which are not relevant to the main arable fund and are most exposed to degradation.