Current situation and development in the areas after the implementation of Project of Conversion of Cropland to Forest,Anhui Province
The Project of Conversion of Cropland to Forest had most important functions in construction and protection of environment.Seventeen cities including 84 counties participated in this project from 2002 to 2009.Till 2009,3.3086 million ha cropland has been afforestated,including 3.056 million ha ecological forest and 0.02526 million ha economic forest.There were 16 kinds of tree species used as main afforestation species,and the largest portion was of poplar.The poplar afforestation areas were 1.456 6 million mu(667 m2).There were 4 kinds of species in Huaibei plain region,10 kinds of species in Jianghuai hill land,13 kinds of species in hilly re-gion along the Yangtse River,16 kinds of species in the region of southern Anhui,and 10 kinds of species in the region of Dabie Mountains.Afforestation preservation rate was 97.7 %.