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China-Earth Day/Greening Efforts
Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of road, forests
2. Leaves
3. Aerial shots of farmers at work; tea garden
4. Various of people planing trees
FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shots of forest; mountains
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Guobin, researcher, ecological conservation and restoration department, National Forestry and Grassland Administration (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"Currently, China has reached its growth target of forest reserve by 2020 as was promised to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The carbon storage of forest vegetation now reaches 9.186 billion tons in China. According to the results of two surveys, the annual increase in carbon storage is more than 200 million tons, which is equivalent to about 700-800 million tons of fixed carbon dioxide."
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FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Aerial shots of forest; mountains
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8. Aerial shots of forests; mountains
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Watson, representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations to China (partially overlaid with shot 10):
"China has demonstrated a rather positive trend of forest increase. China holds the biggest forest gains over the last [three] decades, with a net annual increase of close to 2 million hectares a year. With this, China has become the biggest contributor to combat forest loss across the world. All these numbers speak for themselves on how critical and significant China's forest development and achievements are for the rest of the world. This makes it a very valuable resource for the world to combat climate change."
FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
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10. Aerial shot of forest, mountains
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11. Aerial shots of mountains
The world marks the Earth Day on Wednesday, reminding people of the many challenges facing humanity such as climate change, desertification and pollution.
Pursuing green, low-carbon and innovation-driven development, China has been contributing a great deal to protecting the planet with its comprehensive efforts in afforestation, desertification control, among others.
The latest global forest resource assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations shows that the world registered an annual forest net loss of about 4.7 million hectares during 2010 to 2020, while Asia had an annual increase of 1,17 million hectare, most of which were in China.
In the past five years, China planted more than 36 million hectares' trees and finished a forest tending area of more than 42 million hectares. Meanwhile, the ecological condition of grasslands also improved gradually, with the comprehensive vegetation coverage of natural grasslands reaching 56.1 percent, and the ability to cope with climate change continuing to improve.
In the past five years, more than 200,000 hectares of wetland were increased in China, and the area of desertificated land continued to decrease.
At present, China has a forest area of 220 million hectares, of which 80 million are planted.
"Currently, China has reached its growth target of forest reserve by 2020 as was promised to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The carbon storage of forest vegetation now reaches 9.186 billion tons in China. According to the results of two surveys, the annual increase in carbon storage is more than 200 million tons, which is equivalent to about 700-800 million tons of fixed carbon dioxide," said Zhang Guobin, a researcher at the ecological conservation and restoration department under the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
According to the FAO, the global forest biomass carbon storage increased by about one billion tons from 2010 to 2020, and most of the increase came from China.
"China has demonstrated a rather positive trend of forest increase. China holds the biggest forest gains over the last [three] decades, with a net annual increase of close to 2 million hectares a year. With this, China has become the biggest contributor to combat forest loss across the world. All these numbers speak for themselves on how critical and significant China's forest development and achievements are for the rest of the world. This makes it a very valuable resource for the world to combat climate change," said Carlos Watson, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to China.
Earth Day, which falls on April 22 annually, aims to raise public awareness about the environment and urges people to protect the Earth with action.
China-Earth Day/Greening Efforts
Dateline : Recent/File
Location : China
Duration : 2'09
Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of road, forests
2. Leaves
3. Aerial shots of farmers at work; tea garden
4. Various of people planing trees
FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shots of forest; mountains
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Guobin, researcher, ecological conservation and restoration department, National Forestry and Grassland Administration (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"Currently, China has reached its growth target of forest reserve by 2020 as was promised to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The carbon storage of forest vegetation now reaches 9.186 billion tons in China. According to the results of two surveys, the annual increase in carbon storage is more than 200 million tons, which is equivalent to about 700-800 million tons of fixed carbon dioxide."
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FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Aerial shots of forest; mountains
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8. Aerial shots of forests; mountains
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Watson, representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations to China (partially overlaid with shot 10):
"China has demonstrated a rather positive trend of forest increase. China holds the biggest forest gains over the last [three] decades, with a net annual increase of close to 2 million hectares a year. With this, China has become the biggest contributor to combat forest loss across the world. All these numbers speak for themselves on how critical and significant China's forest development and achievements are for the rest of the world. This makes it a very valuable resource for the world to combat climate change."
FILE: Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, southwest China - Date Unkonwn (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
10. Aerial shot of forest, mountains
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11. Aerial shots of mountains
The world marks the Earth Day on Wednesday, reminding people of the many challenges facing humanity such as climate change, desertification and pollution.
Pursuing green, low-carbon and innovation-driven development, China has been contributing a great deal to protecting the planet with its comprehensive efforts in afforestation, desertification control, among others.
The latest global forest resource assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations shows that the world registered an annual forest net loss of about 4.7 million hectares during 2010 to 2020, while Asia had an annual increase of 1,17 million hectare, most of which were in China.
In the past five years, China planted more than 36 million hectares' trees and finished a forest tending area of more than 42 million hectares. Meanwhile, the ecological condition of grasslands also improved gradually, with the comprehensive vegetation coverage of natural grasslands reaching 56.1 percent, and the ability to cope with climate change continuing to improve.
In the past five years, more than 200,000 hectares of wetland were increased in China, and the area of desertificated land continued to decrease.
At present, China has a forest area of 220 million hectares, of which 80 million are planted.
"Currently, China has reached its growth target of forest reserve by 2020 as was promised to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The carbon storage of forest vegetation now reaches 9.186 billion tons in China. According to the results of two surveys, the annual increase in carbon storage is more than 200 million tons, which is equivalent to about 700-800 million tons of fixed carbon dioxide," said Zhang Guobin, a researcher at the ecological conservation and restoration department under the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
According to the FAO, the global forest biomass carbon storage increased by about one billion tons from 2010 to 2020, and most of the increase came from China.
"China has demonstrated a rather positive trend of forest increase. China holds the biggest forest gains over the last [three] decades, with a net annual increase of close to 2 million hectares a year. With this, China has become the biggest contributor to combat forest loss across the world. All these numbers speak for themselves on how critical and significant China's forest development and achievements are for the rest of the world. This makes it a very valuable resource for the world to combat climate change," said Carlos Watson, representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to China.
Earth Day, which falls on April 22 annually, aims to raise public awareness about the environment and urges people to protect the Earth with action.
ID : 8190218
Published : 2021-04-22 09:25
Last Modified : 2021-04-23 16:22:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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