Desire for Greener Land

Examples from the dissemination plan
China participated in several dissemination products,
such as DESIRE newsletters, DESIRE factsheets, DESIRE HIS
(Harmonised Information System – www.desire-his.eu/en/
yan-river-basin-china) and scientific papers.
A policy brief was also written about ways to reduce erosion
in apple orchards (see www.desire-his.eu/en/yan-river-basinchina/738-policy-brief).
The policy brief recommended the
use of terraces, mulching and grass cover to decrease erosion
rates in orchards. In this policy brief it is also recommended
that policies should cover three components:
– Actions to improve the awareness of SLM need to be communicated
and initiated with the full range of stakeholders,
from local farmers to administrative managers;
– SLM should be planned, designed and implemented at the
same time as planting new trees on the slopes;
– Financial subsidies could be paid to households as an incentive
to implement and maintain the SLM practices that
have resulted from DESIRE.
Target audience Location of target
audience
1 Soil and water conservation
office of Yan
River Basin
Yan River Basin, Yan’an
City, Ansai County
Message Reduce siltation
downstream
Benefit analysis of different
practices;
Recommendation of soil
and water conservation;
2 Local farmers Ansai County Suggestion on the
land management of
orchards
– Paper and report
– Policy brief
Case study of the DESIRE methodology – Yan River Basin, China DESIRE – WOCAT 2012
Policy brief on ways to reduce erosion (by Wang Fei et al.).
– Presentation
– Poster
Wang Fei
Improve drinking
water quantity and
quality
Cost effectiveness
Poster and discussion – To think more about
SLM;
– Agreement on SLM of
DESIRE
– At meetings
– Knowledge of SLM
– Hand out to villages
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