en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, at a press conference held by the Information Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, a relevant official from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Natural Resources stated that the province is simultaneously advancing mine restoration and geological disaster prevention, and implementing a "clearance action" for historical legacy mines in the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins. Data shows that since the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Sichuan has cumulatively restored 44,100 mu of mine areas. Notably, through a national demonstration project in the Ya'an area of the Giant Panda National Park, soil erosion issues in mining areas have been effectively alleviated.
In 2022, Sichuan Province fully launched the integrated protection and restoration project for mountains, waters, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts in the Zoige Grassland Wetland on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The project established systematic governance goals: "windbreak and sand fixation in one year, vegetation recovery in two years, seedling survival in three years, continuous management in four years, and shrub-grass combination in five years." It coordinated the implementation of 39 sub-projects across 10 major categories, including grassland wetland restoration and land desertification control, covering the entire wetland with over 5,000 ecological restoration points.
Zoige, as the most important water source conservation area on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, once faced severe ecological challenges such as grassland degradation and land desertification. Currently, the Zoige landscape project is essentially complete, with a cumulative ecological protection and restoration area of 232,500 hectares, equivalent to the area of 340 West Lakes in Hangzhou. This transformation serves as a microcosm of Sichuan's systematic approach to soil erosion control.
In terms of geological disaster management, Sichuan has integrated it with soil and water conservation, completing 4,968 geological disaster treatment and hazard elimination projects. This has reduced soil erosion areas by over 2,500 hectares, achieving multiple effects of hazard elimination, restoration, and water conservation.
In the field of mineral management, Sichuan adheres to the principle of balancing development and protection, issuing 17 policies to promote green mine construction and establishing strict ecological protection standards in mining rights transfers. Currently, over 610 mining enterprises in the province have signed construction agreements, and 63 mines have been included in the provincial green mine database. When adjusting mineral plans, all regions in Sichuan must seek opinions from water administrative departments to prevent new soil erosion at the source.
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