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China Sloping Land Conversion Programme (Grain for Green / SLCP)

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World's largest PES programme: China's Grain for Green converted 34.3M ha of sloped farmland to forest and grassland since 1999, paying 535 billion yuan to 41M+ rural households. Soil erosion fell 17.3% in Shaanxi; forests stored ~405 Mt CO2e by 2020.

34.3M ha
Land converted (since 1999)
535bn yuan
Payments to households
41M+
Households paid
17.3%
Soil erosion reduction (Shaanxi)
~405M tCO2e by 2020
Carbon stored by new forests
China Sloping Land Conversion Programme (Grain for Green / SLCP)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) / Ministry of Finance
Period
1999-present
Keywords
Temperate and dryland forest, grassland, soil erosion, carbon, watershed

Context

China's Sloping Land Conversion Programme (Grain for Green / SLCP), launched in 1999, is the world's largest payments-for-ecosystem-services programme, paying rural households to convert sloped farmland to forest and grassland.

Results

Since 1999 it has converted 34.3 million ha and paid 535 billion yuan to more than 41 million rural households; soil erosion fell 17.3% in Shaanxi and the new forests stored about 405 million tCO2e by 2020.

Implementation

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