China
Hunan Forest Restoration and Development

 Description                                                       Country Challenge
                                                                   China’s forestry sector was traditionally focused on the
 Purpose: To increase resilience of forests.
                                                                   extraction of timber for income generation. In 2008, the
 Expected Results (include):                                       Central-Southern parts of China suffered from an
 • 58,900 hectares of ecological forest plantation
                                                                   exceptionally severe ice storm that affected around 22
   areas reforested and rehabilitated.
 • 26,130 households would benefit from a range of                 million hectares of forests and caused direct economic
   project activities, including improved nurseries,               losses of about US$9 billion. Hunan Province was one of
   training and technical support.
                                                                   the most affected, with about 4.5 million hectares being
 IBRD Financing: US$80 million                                     partially or totally destroyed. The destroyed forest areas
                                                                   were affected by insect and fire calamities that transformed
                                                                   them into degraded grasslands.
                                                                   Project Goals
                                                                   This project promotes the reforestation and rehabilitation of
                                                                   ice storm-damaged ecological forest plantation areas with
                                                                   diversified local adapted species and long-term forest
                                                                   management, which will contribute to significantly
                                                                   enhancing the forest ecosystem resilience to natural
                                                                   disasters and climate variability.


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For more information: http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P125021/hunan-forest-restoration-development-project?lang=en




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