Country title year objectives strategy/measures Impacts/benefit Source
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)