China
(Eastern Asia)
|
Three—North Shelterbelt project
|
1978
|
To protect the cropland from being damaged by wind erosion and stabilize
by the leeside of sand dunes areas (that is with milder sandstorms and
wind)
|
n/a
|
By 2000, over 2.2 X 105 km2 of
forests have been re-vegetated and 8.9 X 104
km2 of prairies have been restored
|
(Zhang and Huisingh, 2018)
|
|
Beijing and Tianjin Sandstorm mitigation Project |
2000 |
To control
sand storms in NE Chinese cities (e.g. Beijing) and surrounding areas |
n/a |
Approximately 2.6X104 km2 of
cropland were re-vegetated and afforested with new grown suburbs and
trees during 2000-2010, with a relatively high survival rate |
(Zhang
and Huisingh, 2018) |
|
Grain-for-Green project
|
1999
|
To constraint traditional agricultural activities on ecologically
fragile and land areas under desertification;
To control desertification in local areas (e.g. districts and villages);
To reduce the desertification impacts in the downwind areas, such as in
industrial regions and cities that locate in E and S China
|
n/a
|
During 1999-2012, 3.67 X 104 km2 of
cropland and degraded steppe in dryness areas that were no longer used
and 5.13X104 km2 suffered
desertification that were restored.
Around 8 X 104 km2 of desertified
land were restored and 2.67X105 km2
of shelters and wind belts were established
|
(Zhang and Huisingh, 2018)
|
Mongolia
(Eastern Asia)
|
“Green Great Wall” forest construction plan
|
2005
|
To control desertification and increase vegetation coverage
|
Build 3000 km long and 0.6 km wide forest belt
|
n/a
|
(Liu et al., 2018)
|
Myanmar
(ASEAN)
|
Rural Land Development Department
|
1953-
|
To rehabilitate
forests, principally in the Dry Zone
|
Plantations in Mount Popa.
|
The prevailing insecure conditions hampered most of the efforts
|
(Tun, 2000)
|
|
A concerted drive to regreen the Dry Zone |
1971 |
To plant in the Dry
Zone |
Locations that were considered to have the potential to
regenerate naturally were put under protection. |
The most visible
impact was on Mount Popa, where 90% of the forests that exists today
regenerated naturally |
(Tun, 2000) |
|
Regreening of the Central Dry Zone |
1992 |
To establish 50,000 acres
of plantation on degraded lands, over a period of five years, to
supplement local fire wood demands |
n/a |
n/a |
(Tun,
2000) |
|
The Dry Zone greening department
|
1997
|
(1) to increase green area in the Dry Zone; (2) to provide forest
products for rural residents;
(3) to improve knowledge exchange and engage with public participation
on ecological conservation and understanding of desertification;
(4) to endorse socio-economic development in Rural area;
(5) to improve sustainable agriculture;
(6) to stop desertification.
|
Establishment of forest protection and water resources management
|
n/a
|
(Weine, 2013)
|
Pakistan
(Southern Asia)
|
Sustainable Land Management to Combat Desertification in Pakistan
|
2008-2009
|
To control land degradation and desertification;
To protect ecosystems and improve ecosystem services that crucial for
poverty elimination
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
(Anjum et al., 2010)
|
Hungary
(Central and eastern Europe)
|
The National Climate Change Strategy
2008-2025
|
n/a
|
To reduce greenhouse gases emission
and to prevent their increase
|
Prevent the unfavourable ecological and socio-economic effects (e.g.
desertification) of climate change and improve the adaptability of
public to the consequences of climatic effects
|
n/a
|
(Kertész, 2016)
|
|
The New Hungarian Rural Development
Plan
|
2007-
2013
|
To improve the
environment quality,
To improve ecological conditions through forest plantation.
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
(Kertész, 2016)
|
|
The National Agri-Environmental
Programme
|
n/a
|
To improve the
environment quality,
To improve ecological conditions through forest plantation.
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
(Kertész, 2016)
|
|
The National Drought Strategy |
2006- |
To provide an agenda for
promoting sustainable ecosystems management in the drought-prone and
arid areas |
Drought prevention and control |
n/a |
(Kertész,
2016) |