Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Today (April 22) is "World Earth Day". The Forest and Grass Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous region and Ant Group launched strategic cooperation: ant Group donated another 100 million yuan within three years to support the ecological management of Hunshandake Sandy Land through the public welfare project "Ant Forest". The 100 million yuan will be used for the restoration and protection of local forest and grass ecology and the treatment of desertified land, so as to inject more vitality into the development of forest through science and technology, the development of forest and grass industry, and the increase of farmers and herdsmen's income.

On the morning of the same day, at the "Ant Forest Spring planting activity" held in Keshikten Banner, Chifeng City, the first batch of more than 40,000 sandy spruce trees donated by Ant Group were personally planted by more than 100 representatives from all over the country who cared about and supported the "Ant Forest." It is understood that this batch of sandy spruce was planted by more than 34 million netizens across the country during this year's Arbor Day, using the "green energy" accumulated by daily low-carbon life through more than 100 million online "watering" applications. This "green northern Xinjiang co-construction forest" officially became a part of Hunshandake large-scale forest farm on the day of World Earth Day.

The unveiling of "Green Co-Construction Forest in Northern Xinjiang"

Hunshandake large-scale Forest Farm is one of the three large-scale forest farms newly built in China since 2018, continuously carrying out desertification control in arid and semi-arid areas under the "National Major ecosystem Protection and Restoration Project Master Plan". Control wind erosion, desertification and soil erosion, and improve local biodiversity.

According to the statistics of Inner Mongolia Forestry and Grass Bureau, through the "Ant Forest" public welfare afforestation project, Ant Group has donated more than 1 billion yuan to ecological management in Inner Mongolia since 2016. in Alashan League, Ordos City, Bayannur City, Hohhot City, Wulanchabu City, Xingan'an City, Chifeng City, Tongliao City, Xilingol League 9 cities in 35 banners and counties Haloxylon ammodendron, sand willow, flower stick, seabuckthorn, red willow, poplar wood, Caragana, elm, Pinus sylvestris, spruce, Populus euphratica and other tree species have been planted, with a total area of more than 2 million mu.

Photo note: ant Forest No. 1 planted in 2016 is located in Alashan, Inner Mongolia.

Ma Qiang, deputy director of the Forestry and Grass Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous region, said that in the past seven years since the implementation of the "Ant Forest" public welfare afforestation in Inner Mongolia, it has effectively implemented the concept that "Green Water and Green Mountain is Jinshan and Silver Mountain", increasing the greening of Inner Mongolia and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen, fully reflecting the public welfare responsibility of the Ant Group. " Afforestation activities under the mode of extensive public participation, corporate public welfare donation and implementation of public welfare organizations have become an important part of ecological construction in Inner Mongolia.

Inner Mongolia is not only an important ecological security barrier in northern China, but also an important water source in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and North China, which has an important strategic position in national ecological security. As one of the provinces and regions with the most concentrated and serious harm to desertification and desertified land in China, Inner Mongolia Autonomous region has completed an average annual control area of 12 million mu of desertification and desertified land under the unified planning of a series of national key ecological projects in recent years. It accounts for more than 40% of the country's control tasks in the same period, with an average annual afforestation of more than 10 million mu and recommended more than 30 million mu, ranking first in the country. The total number of voluntary trees planted by the whole people in Inner Mongolia has exceeded 2 billion, and the area of desertified and desertified land has been "double reduced" for 15 years in a row. Land greening has achieved a leap from quantity to quality, and achieved a historic change of "overall containment and local improvement."

2023 Ant forest spring planting site

"compared with decades of national investment and the efforts of several generations on the front line of ecological construction, the ant forest 'forest is like its name' and what it has done is negligible, but we believe that 'although this body is small, it can block a grain of sand'. It is the ant's greatest honor to be able to contribute to the national unified plan for ecological protection and restoration," said Jiang Kui, general manager of the sustainable green public welfare department of Ant Group. The ant forest has planted more than 400 million trees in the country, about half of which have been planted in Inner Mongolia, from the first to more than 200 million. Inner Mongolia is the "second hometown" of the ant forest.

"every tree donated by the ant forest belongs to the state and society. Starting from the first tree planted seven years ago, the ant forest has been evolving itself and actively integrating into the broader social situation." according to Jiang Jie, the "Ant Forest Ecological Green Development Foundation" has been registered by the civil affairs department a few days ago. Under the guidance of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecological Environment, the foundation introduces a board mechanism outside the Ant Group for management, and will carry out more diversified cooperation with government departments and public welfare organizations across the country in ecological protection and restoration, ecological science popularization, environmental research, and so on. The upgrade from "public welfare project" to "public welfare foundation" means that the ant forest has entered a new stage of development.

2023 Ant forest spring planting site

At the scene of the "Ant Forest Spring planting activity", the Inner Mongolia Forestry and Grass Bureau will write the banner of "everyone contributing a little energy, Ke trees waiting for one side of the green", which will be officially awarded to representatives from all walks of life who support participating in the "Ant Forest". These "friends of the ant forest" include "low-carbon people" who have applied to plant more than 2000 trees in their low-carbon life for many years, and "front-line tree growers" who stick to the desert to realize their green wishes for netizens all over the country. there are not only forestry department examiners who run around the country to "count trees on the spot", but also scientists who "check operations" for ant forests in space through satellite remote sensing. There is also an interview with the "recorder" who investigates the process of social green development.

"Ant forest is a mirror of green development. Through it, we can not only see the good deeds of an enterprise, but also see that all sectors of society are actively promoting green environmental protection, contributing even their own weak strength with practical actions. "carbon Road Forest", a documentary with ant forest as a case study, is about to be released. Director Zhou Yijun said that the process of filming the interview for two years is a "brand-new journey" to understand the relationship between man and nature. I hope you will be touched by the film and have a new understanding of green and low carbon. She wants more people to see that there are still many people working to protect the planet.

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