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| Objectives and Tasks of Soil and Water Conservation in China |
| Liu Zhen |
| Soil and Water Conservation Department, Ministry of Water Resource, 100053,Beijing, China |
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Abstract China is one of the countries suffering from most serious soil erosion and water loss in the world. In recent years, great achievements have been obtained in soil and water conservation and eco-construction key soil and water conservation projects of seven river basin are implemented with stable and reasonable progress, improving eco-environment by the natural rehabilitation is widely practiced, supervision and law enforcement is continuously enhanced and human-caused soil erosion and water loss is brought under control effectively. Great progress has been achieved on scientific research in soil and water conservation. The idea for soil and water conservation practices in new stage should focus on the three objectives, management of soil erosion and water loss, improvement of condition for agriculture production and eco-environment . Four tasks including prevention and supervision, comprehensive management, eco-environment rehabilitation by the power of nature, and monitoring and forecast need to be seriously implemented. Meanwhile with comprehensive approaches such as administration, economic incentives, laws and regulations, the sustainable utilization of land and water resources and a balanced eco-environment could be expected. The estalishment of the comfortable society could be supported and guaranteed.
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Received: 05 November 2003
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