Out of enthusiasm for public welfare and charity, Mei Yanfang, who single-handedly founded Yixin Charity Association, also invited Li Fuxing, a very well-known expert in the world, to study the protection and development of desert vegetation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to get rid of the paparazzi's tracking, Mei Yanfang, who had been delayed for more than half an hour to get to the place, walked into the room and found that the discussion had begun, and hurriedly took off her sunglasses and sat down after saying sorry.

Xi Mengmeng's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly ran over to pour tea for her.

Li Fuxing, an expert who was chatting with Fu Zhengyi about the protection and development of desert vegetation, also laughed. "Wow, Aunt Mei, I'll have to trouble signing a few names later, my granddaughter is a fan of yours, and when she learned that I could see you today, she regretted that she shouldn't have gone to Macau with her friends......

"No problem! No matter how sore your hands are today, you have to sign in until you are satisfied!"

Mei Yanfang's boldness made everyone in the room laugh, and the atmosphere became warm all of a sudden.

After a few polite words, Mei Yanfang learned that what she was discussing just now was how to make farmers and herdsmen who planted sand-fixing plants make a fortune, so she asked in surprise. "Dr. Li, can you really do it?"

If you are willing to protect the environment, then a good environment will not only give back to the high-quality air, but also provide more economic benefits! In recent years, the domestic investment promotion has allowed many foreign high-polluting enterprises to find a way to live, otherwise, those high-polluting foreign enterprises will have to take the road of sustainable development, which is really a pity......."

After sighing with emotion, Li Fuxing asked rhetorically. "Aunt Mei, do you know how much the total area of the desert is in the mainland?"

Mei Yanfang shook her head.

Seeing that Dr. Li turned his face, Xi Mengmeng and Ran Ying also quickly shook their heads.

"The total area of deserts in the interior is more than 1.3 million square kilometers, accounting for about 13 percent of the country's total land area, and is eating up arable land at a rate of 10 percent per year, not only creating natural disasters such as sandstorms, but also causing the pastoral area to continue to shrink......

Seeing that what he said was very painful, Ran Ying hesitated and raised her hand. "Dr. Li, there should still be a 'benefit', at least when shooting movies, TV series, and MTVs, you can shoot nearby......"

Knowing that she was adjusting the atmosphere, Li Fuxing laughed heartily. "Yes, yes, but just for the convenience of framing, should we let millions of herdsmen lose their homes? No, the homes are ours, and no one has the right to destroy ......."

Mei Yanfang frowned after laughing. "The area of new deserts is increasing by 10 percent every year, so isn't that doubling every seven years?

"Desertification and salinization of land are the continuous erosion of cultivated land, but nature has also given human beings the means to manage deserts, and over the years, the propaganda of 'economic dominance' has made farmers and herdsmen no longer care about the environment, which has led to smaller and smaller pastures, more and more barren land, and unreasonable input and output will also make environmental protection become an empty slogan and become a futile propaganda ......."

Seeing that Dr. Li had another tendency to speak at length, Fu Zhengyi cleared his throat and asked with a smile. "Dr. Li, you should talk about the sustainable development of desert control, the foundation hopes to play a leading role, and also hopes to get help from the academic community......

Patting his forehead embarrassedly, Li Fuxing held up a photo in his hand. This is a parasitic plant produced in the desert area, its name is Cistanche, in the past it was also called goblin, golden shoots, and has the reputation of desert ginseng, it can be described as the treasure of the desert, has a very high medicinal value, is a traditional and precious Chinese herbal medicine, in history by the countries of the Western Regions as a treasure of the tribute court, but unfortunately because the value of this plant is very high, resulting in a large number of poachers and diggers every spring, not only destroying its living environment, endangered, but also making the desert area suffer from man-made destruction and continue to expand...... ”

Li Fuxing's introduction was very detailed, which made Xi Mengmeng a little surprised. "That means that you only need to let the herders plant a large number of Saxon trees, fix the sand and lock the soil, and then plant Cistanche and wait for the harvest, then it can become a sustainable development?"

Once it enters a virtuous circle, without the continued investment of follow-up funds, farmers and herdsmen can take the initiative to protect the environment and continue to plant and cultivate Cistanche trees, once a closed loop of sustainable development is formed, external forces will have to pay a greater price to destroy it!"

Taking notes seriously, Fu Zhengyi raised his head and asked. "How many years does it take for this initial stage of cultivation?"

"If you want to achieve sustainable development, you can't cultivate Cistanche at least within three years after the tree is planted! Otherwise, not only is the quality of Cistanche relatively low, but it will also die because the tree can't afford the nutrient extraction of the parasitic plant Cistanche! The tree is an arbor that grows in the desert, and a mature tree can fix sand for ten square meters, and an acre of land actually only needs to plant a few hundred trees, and the effect of sand fixation is simply a miracle......

As he spoke, Li Fuxing found another picture, pointed to the lush tree on it and sighed. "This is a Saxon tree that has survived in the desert for many years, it can adapt to the area where the annual precipitation is only a few tens of millimeters, the tree is five meters high, the cistanche parasitic on its aerial roots is a precious medicinal material, its wood is hard, it is no less than the charcoal tree of coal, the young branches can be used as feed, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure!"

Xi Mengmeng exclaimed. "So powerful?"

"Yes, several years ago, I went to Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places for field investigations, and through calculations I came to the conclusion that if the local farmers and herdsmen are given appropriate economic compensation, a family can plant nearly 1,000 acres of Saxony trees a year, as long as they are taught the method of cultivating Cistanche and provide them with Cistanche seeds, it only takes a few years for them to end their original nomadic life and take root in a certain area to concentrate on planting trees and developing the breeding industry! The loss of the black plague can also allow them to protect the environment on their own initiative, which can be described as a good thing to count in one fell swoop......"

"So it only takes a few years of support to create a virtuous circle?"

Fu Zhengyi's question made Li Fuxing smile a little proudly, and he took out a document and handed it over. "Mr. Fu, through my calculations, it only takes six years to harvest a three-year-old Saxona tree and another three-year cistanche plant! A Cistanche plant harvested from under the surface can be sold for hundreds of yuan, and the seeds of Cistanche are as high as tens of thousands of yuan, so for farmers and herdsmen, they no longer need to make a profit from mining Cistanche from the ground, and they can make a fortune just by cultivating Cistanche seeds......

Recording the data, Fu Zhengyi asked again. "Is there any proven experience to draw from?"

"Yes, we have done experiments, but the test site has just seen the effect, and it was destroyed by a group of poachers! They destroyed a whole hundred acres of the test site in order to excavate Cistanche, which has not yet emerged from the surface, and the economic interests have also caused the collaborators who want to try it to quit the ......."

Seeing Li Fuxing's distressed look when he talked about this, Fu Zhengyi took the initiative to pick up the teapot on the table and refill it for him, and only then asked when he calmed down. "Dr. Li, is it difficult to plant the Saxon tree?"

"It's difficult, it's difficult, it's easy to say it's simple! The breeding of the Saxon tree can be planted with seeds, or it can be transplanted after seedlings, and I didn't bring the relevant information today, but even some farmers and herdsmen in the desert area know how to plant, and this aspect will not become a problem for large-scale promotion!"

"Since a farmer and herdsman can plant 1,000 acres of Suosuo trees a year, then the foundation will provide seeds and seedlings in advance, and then give cash rewards for planting and maintaining Suosuo trees, then it only takes five or six years to form a closed loop of industrial development.

Fu Zhengyi's summary was praised, but Li Fuxing continued. "But it was very difficult to do this at first, and in the first few years it was not only a matter of continuous investment, but also of output. The Saxon tree does not need too much water to survive, but if you want to allow the parasitic plant Cistanche to be cultivated, you must maintain the supply of water, and in the edge of the desert, water is still a major problem restricting planting, so you have to think about it in advance......"

It's easy to plant a tree, but if you want thousands of farmers and herdsmen to plant trees spontaneously, Fu Zhengyi also knows that he can't do it on his own, so he asked after exchanging opinions with Mei Yanfang. "How about the foundation to pay for the initial investment, and you are responsible for organizing people to teach the techniques of planting and maintaining the trees of Saxon, and the ways and methods of cultivating Cistanche?"

Seeing that the two foundations that invited him over really wanted to do this, Li Fuxing stood up very excitedly. "As long as the upfront funding can be solved, there are still a lot of volunteers at home and abroad!" 'Protecting the environment starts with me' should not be reduced to an empty slogan, but should be an instinct rooted in people's bones, and I believe that once this is done, it will not only trigger a wave of environmental protection, but also build a solid foundation for sustainable development......" (To be continued.) )