June 17, 2008 is the14th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. The office of China Foundation for Combating Desertification in Baoding held the first "Love for Combating Desertification" activity in the multifunctional lecture hall of Baoding University.
Peng Xingcheng, Deputy Secretary General of China Foundation for Combating Desertification, and Wu Youping, Deputy Director of Hebei Office of China Foundation for Combating Desertification, attended the event and delivered speeches. Yu Qun, the provincial leader and mayor of Baoding, attended the event and made an important speech. There are 10 famous painters and China Artists Association 100 famous painters who participated in this activity. The activity * * * exhibited more than 0/00 pieces of works/kloc, and famous painters painted on the spot.
China Foundation for Combating Desertification is an organization established by the Ministry of Civil Affairs with the approval of the State Council. It is a national public welfare institution. Its purpose is to adhere to Scientific Outlook on Development, devote itself to the management, restoration and construction of China's good ecological environment, and contribute to the global ecological balance. The Foundation builds a platform for governments, societies, institutions, enterprises and individuals at home and abroad who care about China's ecological environment and support China's sustainable development, raises funds to support and reward institutions, organizations and individuals who have contributed to the cause of combating desertification in China, promotes the management and scientific research of desertification land in China, and carries out publicity and education, personnel training, academic exchanges and other activities related to combating desertification.
Hebei Office of China Foundation for Combating Desertification is the representative office of China Foundation for Combating Desertification, which is mainly responsible for the implementation and execution of related affairs of the Foundation; Publicize the grim situation of land desertification in Hebei Province in order to arouse the public's understanding, concern and support for desertification prevention and control; Raise funds extensively to control desertification land in Hebei province; Investigate the situation of desertification land in Hebei Province and put forward control projects and measures; Strengthen contact with local government departments and get government support.
The desertification land in Hebei province is large in area, unevenly distributed, with obvious regional characteristics and relatively light desertification degree. At the same time, Zhangjiakou and Chengde desertification control areas, as the ecological protection barriers of Beijing, are the areas with the largest desertification land area, the most difficult control and the most serious sandstorm damage in Hebei Province. At present, there are 36.05 million mu of desertified land in Hebei, accounting for 12.8% of the whole land area, ranking sixth in the country. The nearest sand area is less than100km from Beijing. Sand control is directly related to blocking sand sources and protecting water sources in Beijing and Tianjin, and to the ecological security in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. At the same time, among the 435,000 poor people in the province, quite a few people live in the fragile sand area. Effective sand prevention and control work is not only conducive to the improvement of the ecological environment in the province, but also conducive to the economic development of the sand area and the people's poverty alleviation.
The theme of this activity organized by Hebei Office of China Foundation for Combating Desertification is "Giving Love to Combat Desertification". The purpose is to publicize the grim situation of land desertification in Hebei through this activity and arouse everyone's understanding, concern and support for desertification control. Advocate urban and rural residents to start from me and actively participate in desertification control in different forms, even if they plant more trees and grass, and waste less resources. In today's society, successful entrepreneurs and artists should be entrepreneurs who are keen on social welfare, and they shoulder more social ethics and responsibilities. Everyone's contribution to the social welfare cause of combating desertification is the embodiment of consciously fulfilling social moral responsibility.
Peng Xingcheng, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Foundation for Combating Desertification, said: "It is precisely because of the unity of thoughts that we firmly believe that green hills will be remembered and flowing water will convey love. On the road of desertification control, we will definitely play colorful music for the cause of desertification control in China! "
The successful holding of the activity of "offering love to prevent and control desertification" has important guiding significance for the development of sand control in our province. Finally, the Hebei office of China Desertification Control Foundation advocates the participation of the whole people to build a harmonious and beautiful Hebei!
Establish a "special fund for sand prevention and control"
Beijing165438+1October 22nd-Reporter Peng Jun reported that the first "Special Fund for Combating Desertification" in China was established in china green foundation a few days ago. The first donation was made by China Tobacco Corporation, and the amount was 1 ten thousand yuan.
Among the numerous ecological and environmental problems in China, the problem of land desertification is very prominent: the total area of desertified land in China has reached 1743 1 10,000 square kilometers, 1 30,000 hectares of cultivated land and1100 million hectares of grassland are being attacked by sandstorms, 42% of railways in sandy areas are threatened by sandstorms, and more than 60% of poverty-stricken counties are concentrated in sandstorm areas. What is even more worrying is that the area of desertified land is still growing at an average annual rate of 3,436 square kilometers.
Therefore, in the ecological construction of China, it is particularly urgent to control desertification. Among the six major forestry projects, the "Three North" shelterbelt system construction project, the Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control project, and the project of returning farmland to forests are involved. In recent years, the state's investment in sand prevention and control has increased on a large scale, but compared with the vast sand areas and the difficulty of control in China, capital investment is still an important factor affecting the effectiveness of control, and it is necessary to mobilize social forces and raise funds extensively.
Zhu Lieke, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, said at the fund establishment ceremony that the establishment of the "Special Fund for Combating Desertification" set an example for the business community to pay attention to ecological construction. He hopes that all sectors of society can pay more attention to and support the cause of sand control and let the "special fund" make positive contributions to the cause of sand control in the motherland.
The main purposes of this "special fund for sand prevention and control" are: to support beneficial activities such as providing information and consulting for the cause of sand prevention and control; Support the popularization of scientific and technological achievements in desertification control; Support the commendation activities for advanced models of sand prevention and control; Support social welfare activities and raise funds for sand prevention and control.
People's Daily (fifth edition, 2002165438+1October 23rd)