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Sustainable Dry-Land

Management in Western China

Mr. Li Jianzhu, Director-General of DSTM，SFGA

Dr. Ran Dongya, Director of Standardization, DSTM

Dr. Lu Qi, Director of Institute of Desertification Studies

PRC-GEF Partnership on Land Degradation

in Dryland Ecosystems

1. The First Phase Partnership (2002-2013)

2. The Second Phase Partnership (2014-2023)

3. Climate Resilient Sustainable Land

Management in Western PRC Project

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Outline

Sandification in China

Baseline 2014：Sandified land area 1,721,175 km2 , about 18% land territory.

(Data source: The fifth national monitoring survey of desertification and sandification, 2016, SFA)

Rocky Desertification in Karst Areas of China

Decertified land area 2,623,700 km2

Rocky Desertification area: 120 thousand Km2

The Partnership was established in October 2002, aiming to combat LDD in

western China using IEM approaches.

Director of SFA Mr. Jia Zhibang (right)

meeting with the President/CEO of GEF

Council Ms. Monique Barbut (left)

PSC Director Mme. Jiang Zehui (right)

meeting with the President/CEO of GEF

Council Ms. Monique Barbut (left)

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PRC-GEF Partnership on Land Degradation in

Dryland Ecosystems (the Partnership)

Combat

LDD

A Alleviate

poverty

B Biodivers conservation

C

Dryland ecosystems

Rehabilitation

D

Projects under the Partnership

ADB

ADB

ADB

ADB

WB

WB

WB

IFAD

Achievements of the First Phase Partnership

Recovered/Improved degraded land

Increased farmer’s income, improved their living

situation

Mainstreamed IEM into provincial long-

term development plan

LD monitoring and assessment, and

promoted information sharing

Local best practices of SLM were scaled-

up and replicated

Generated global environmental benefits

Achievements

During 2004-2011, the area of

degraded land improved in the

implementing area is 7,891 Km2, 22.9%

(1807 Km2 ) of which is contributed by

the partnership projects.

Source: Partnership Assessment Report,

2013

423

4,672

1,349

284 406 757

7,891

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

Area of desertification decreased (Km2）

1. Contribute to improvement of degraded land

2. Increased local farmer’s income, improved their

living situation

Average annual

income doubled

3. Improved provincial enabling institutional environment,

and mainstreamed IEM into provincial long-term

development plan

54 formulated

17 revised

Provincial Strategy and Action plans for LDC Laws and regulations formulated (54) and revised (17) at

national and provincial level by IEM in 6 provinces

Inner

Mongolia

6

Shaanxi

10

Gansu 16

Ningxia 4

Xinjiang

17

Qinghai

17

Central

gov't 1

Law of the PRC on Water

and Soil Conservation

Comprehensive LD monitoring and

assessment indicator systems were

developed

6 provincial Land Degradation Control

Information Center were set up

Meta-data sharing agreements were

signed

4. Strengthened LD monitoring and assessment,

and promoted information sharing

Global

National

Regional

Local

59 Farmers’ Field Schools were set up;

697,095 person-times of farmers, herdsman, management

persons were trained;

78 best practices for sustainable land management extended, 45

of which were published and scaled-up in 90 million hectors of land.

5. Local farmers were trained and best practices of

SLM were scaled-up and replicated

Eight natural protected areas have been constructed;

Other protected area expands by 4,500 km2 ;

2,079 wild plant species and 679 wild animal species are under protection, over

30% of which are the national key protected or endangered species;

Key Forest, grassland, wetland and desertification ecosystems have also been

protected.

Tibetan antelope Bactrian camel Tetraena mongolica maxim

6. Generated global environmental benefits

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Outline





Domestic and international situation is changing, it is necessary to

innovate/develop the strategy on land degradation control

Climate change, ecological sustainability, poverty alleviation/reduction

land degradation in western PRC remains severe, resources and

environmental restrictions, ecological civilization development strategy;

LD Control IEM

SLM

INRM/LDN

SLM Comprehensive Strategy in Western PRC 2014-2023

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Scope of the Partnership Development Strategy

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Strategic Priorities

17

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Linkage with the Sustainable Development Goals （7/17

SDGs）

SP1 Upscale SLM

technologies

SP2 Improve the ability

to tackle climate

change

SP3 Improve regional

green development

SP4 Promote poverty

reduction and

gender equality

SP5 Strengthen

institutional

innovation in land

management

End poverty in all its forms

everywhere

End hunger, achieve food

security and improved

nutrition and promote

sustainable agriculture

Ensure healthy lives and

promote well-being for all

at all ages

Achieve gender equality

and empower all women

and girls

Ensure availability and

sustainable management of

water and sanitation for all

Take urgent action to

combat climate change

and its impacts Protect, restore and

promote sustainable use of

terrestrial ecosystems,

sustainably manage forests,

combat desertification, and

halt and reverse land

degradation and halt

biodiversity loss

15.3： “Combat desertification,

restore degraded land and soil,

including land affected by

desertification, drought and

floods, and strive to achieve a

land degradation-neutral world”

by 2030

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Outline





Climate Resilient Sustainable Land Management in Western

PRC Project

The objective of the project is to restore degraded land, enhance climate resilience, conserve biodiversity and improve livelihoods through sustainable land management in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Guizhou.

Component 1: Improved the resilience of landscapes and ecosystems to climate change in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai

Component 2: Strengthened management of degraded lands to support rural livelihoods and green development

Component 3: Enhanced SLM enabling environment and capacity for upscaling of SLM in Guizhou and Sichuan

Project overview

Sustainable and Climate Resilient Land

Management in Western PRC www.gefop12.cn 21

Project Area SLM sites

Inner Mongolia 3

Shaanxi 3

Gansu 4

Qinghai 3

Guizhou 1

Sichuan 2

Sum 16

Thematic focus Num Project Area

PPPs 2 Inner Mongolia,

Shaanxi

PES 2 Gansu, Shaanxi

Carbon Sequestration 2 Qinghai (2)

Green Development 4 Sichuan(2), Shaanxi(1),

Guizhou (1)

Forestland, farmland,

grassland restoration 6

Inner Mongolia (2),

Gansu (3),

Qinghai(1)

E+, Cooperatives, Eco-tourism, Scientific Poverty

alleviation, etc

Case 1: Honghuaerji, Inner Mongolia

Activities:

•Pinus sylvestnis var after-culture

•Seed production stand tending

Watering and fertilizing Pest control

Seed production stand tending site

Water drilling afforestation

Provisional planting seedlings

Case 2: Ordos, Inner Mongolia

Salix machine cutting

Bio-sand barriers

Activities:

•Salix psammophila afforestation and

management of bio-sand barriers;

•Tending Salix through cutting;

Case 3: Dunghuang, Gansu

Dunhuang

Build high-yield

Jujuba pilot site

Foster under-forest

economy in Jujuba

orchards

Grow Jujuba

and Sophora

Grow apricot

orchards

Introduce new

apricot species

Held training

and workshops

aff

ore

stati

on

Datong

Huanghzong

Use ecological compensation fund

for afforestation , 173ha

Public welfare afforestation,

68 ha

Qinghai spruce large seedling

afforestation, 80 ha

Qinghai spruce seedling

afforestation,90 ha.

Integrated with Qilianshan project

and complete afforestation in 5000

mu of land

clo

sin

g h

ills

ides

to

faci

lita

te a

ffo

rest

ati

on

Datong

tended

young a

nd m

iddle

-ag

ed t

rees

and u

psc

alin

g

Huangzhong

Tended young and middle-aged

trees, 1000 mu

Grew Qinghai Spruce 222,.000

Pest control, 2000mu

Com

pon

ent 1

: Imp

roved

the resilien

ce of la

nd

scap

es

an

d eco

system

s to clim

ate ch

an

ge

Case 5: Datong & Huangzhong, Qinghai

人工造林

封山育林

抚育

Breeding

under forest

Case 6: Junlian, Sichuan

Plant Camellia

sinensis under

forest

Raise chicken

under forest

Grow Camellia

under forest

Grow

Osmanthu

under forest

Grow herb

under forest

Junlian

Case 6: Junlian, Sichuan

砂仁

茶树

桂花树

茶花

5th China-GEF Project Management Conference

July, 2016

Introduce the Partnership experience by Madam

Hu Zhangcui

Experience Sharing and International Cooperation

Oct 26, 2016

UFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania

2016

Introduce: Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Land

Management in Western PRC - Achievements and

Prospects of the GEF-PRC Partnership on Land

Degradation


June, 2017

Central Asian Countries Desertification

Control Training Workshop


June 13-17, 2017

WOCAT Symposium and the 18th

WOCAT Network Meeting

in Cali, Colombia


• August 22, 2017, Beijing, 12th INTECOL International Congress of Ecology

• Sustainable and Climate Smart Land Management to Enhance Dryland Ecosystems

Services

• The symposium brought together a group of ecologists to present their research results on

improvement of ecosystem services using the sustainable land management (SLM)

approach in dryland ecosystems, especially demonstrate how the SLM approach can

address climate change related issues, explore how the theoretical and practical models of

improving ecosystem services can contribute to the sustainable development in western

China, and showcase the related progress and achievements in dryland ecosystems across

the world.


• September 7, 2017,UNCCD COP , Chinese Science and Technologies Innovation in Combating

Desertification” Side Event

• September 9， 2017,UNCCD COP , Financing Synergy: Land and Climate Actions

@ Rio Conventions Pavilion

UNCCD

COP13


Field visit to GEF site on September 10, 2017 during UNCCD COP 13

26 participants from GEF Secretariat, GEF Independent Evaluation Office, GEF

STAP, GEF Council Member, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands,

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Argentina,

Belgium, US,Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland, Kenya

IFAD, World Bank,UNCCD, ADB China

Salix plantation, cutting, tending, Integrated Pest Management

UNCCD COP13


International Workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration and Resilience to Climate

Change in Northeast Asia, April 11-13, 2018, Beijing

To share and understand the current status of deforestation, land degradation, and challenges in

forest restoration and resilience to climate change in Northeast Asian region;

To conduct field excursion to GEF project and plantation sites (Hippophae rhamnoides) in Ordos,

Inner Mongolia.


Sweet memory: Nepal Delegation to China in May, 2013

Meeting

in Beijing

Field visit

to Shaanxi

Sweet memory: Nepal Delegation to China in May, 2013

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