Kubuqi Model lauded by International Community as
one Chinese Experience to comprehensive desertification control
The sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum was
held from July 28 to July 30 in the Kubuqi Desert in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. Participating
guests from other countries visited Kubuqi and witnessed the successful
practices of Kubuqi’s desertification control. The forum offered them better
understanding of the Kubuqi Model. They believe that the Kubuqi Model will play
an important role in desertification control in countries along the Belt and
Road Initiative. International conferences held in China are becoming
attractive platforms for sharing effective experiences in promoting global
ecological development.
Effective Systematic Planning
The core pillars of the Kubuqi Model are
government policy support, industrial investment, market-oriented participation
of farmers and herdsmen and sustainable ecological improvement.
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| Mr. Pradeep Monga |
Many countries along the Belt and Road
Initiative suffered desertification, and that good design plays a key role in
helping China create the Kubuqi Model, a unique path of desertification
control, said Pradeep Monga, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification. He also said that with joint efforts, the
public sectors and private sectors have introduced an innovative mode for
desertification control. It empowers the land with greater productivity. It
contributes to a sustainable development and creates more employment opportunities."
I'm very glad to witness the real achievements Kubuqi solution has
secured." he said.
The Indonesian Economic and Industrial Committee
Chairman Bachir gave Kubuqi a thumbs up for the practice of raising sheep under
photovoltaic panels. He said he appreciated the imagination of local businesses
in ecosystem design and said he would like to share Kubuqi’s comprehensive
desertification control experiences for the benefit of the international
community.
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| Mr. Antonis Samaras |
“It is amazing! “Antonis Samaras, Former Greek Prime Minister said,“I see that human beings could turn desert into oasis.
This is a miracle. They could transform the nightmare into good vision or
vista, with plenty of joy and hope. Therefore I would like to say
congratulations to China.
A Globally Popular Model
The Kubuqi Model has been praised by the UN
Environment Programme for desertification control and being an “eco-pioneer” in
greening the world thanks to its success in ecological restoration. The Kubuqi
Model has become a name card for China’s desertification control efforts. In
order to promote and share the experience of combating desertification, the
Kubuqi International Desert Forum was established in 2007 and has been held
five times thanks to the support of governments at all levels, relevant
departments, the UNEP and the UNCCD secretariat. More than 2,000 political
dignitaries, experts and ecological entrepreneurs from around the world have
participated in field trips, professional exchanges and experience sharing via
forums and benefited greatly from them.
The Kubuqi Model has become a popular topic in
several meetings and dialogues of the sixth Kubuqi International Desert Forum.
Participating foreign guests believed that the Kubuqi Model should be widely
shared in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.
Prof.
Atsushi Tsunekawa from Arid Land Research Centre, Tottori University in Japan,
said it was urgent for countries along the Belt and Road Initiative to
cooperate over ecological restoration. They need to conduct risk assessment for
environmental and sustainable development, and the successful practices of the
Kubuqi Model should be used as one reference, he said.
Elvis
Paul Tangem, the coordinator from The Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel
Initiative, Africa Union Commission, said that it's always a dream of his to witness in person
what Kubuqi has achieved in anti-desertification，which he had never seen before, which
completely changed his perception.
"I'm very impressed, and
motivated." said Arslanbek Omurzakov, Deputy director of Centre for Study of the Silk Road,
Kyrgyzstan, “after
hearing about Kubuqi's experience in anti-desertification，the change is not only imposed
on eco-system, but also on the whole society, which makes it sustainable. ”He
wishes the technology could be introduced to more countries or enterprises.
Shafqat Kakakhel, Chairman of Sustainable
Development Policy Institute, Islamabad Pakistan said: Kubuqi model is a
miracle of modernisation and and this success hinges on the will of the Chinese
government. He said that according to China's Kubuqi experience can draw the
following conclusions: first it need a political commitment. Which is impetus
from top political leaders. Second,
there is a proper policy. Thirdly, there should be appropriate political
institutions. Moreover, it need to promote science and technology. Finally, the
most important is participation from community and individuals in all aspects of society.
Kubuqi Brings Hope
Desert control is a
worldwide problem, and the Kubuqi Desert is the first desert in the world to
achieve large-scale successful control.
The success of Kubuqi Model relies mainly on
increasing local people’s income in the greening efforts via the combination of
ecology and industry, enterprise development and ecological management. These
efforts will expand oases and happiness while reducing desert and poverty.
Prof. Victor Squire from the University of
Adelaide, Australia, said the Kubuqi
International Desert Forum had prompted people in all areas to think about
desertification, and that the Kubuqi Model has made it impossible to find just
one solution to the challenge by showing that land users are both part of the
problem and part of the solution. The Kubuqi Model also provides a way for
transformation, which gives us hope.
British bio-carbon engineering company founder
Lauren Fletcher said that Kubuqi’s achievements in desertification control was
very impressive and the delegation from his company felt excited for
participating in the forum. He also said that drones tree planting technologies
need to be further developed so as to contribute to combating desertification.
These achievements point out the direction for
desertification control and hope it will achieve greater success in the future
to help the 2 billion hectares desertification worldwide.
A Chinese solution to ecological restoration
After the forum ended, experts believed the forum
let participants see that Kubuqi’s concept of green development and experiences
of sustainable development can offer fundamental solutions to help peaceful
development of the desertification regions involving over 2 billion people
globally. Many guests are looking forward to the 13th General Assembly of the
Contracting Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, which will
be held in Ordos and might bring together more unique solutions and richer
consensus. The ecological development in countries along the Belt and Road
Initiative need both Chinese solutions as well as China being one sharing
platform.
