Animal husbandry is the pillar of the economy in Luhuo County in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, which has led to the increasing number of areas of abandoned farmlands and pastures. There were degraded pastures, desertified lands, shrinking wetlands, soil erosion and other serious ecological problems. In 2018, the ecotone governance project was launched in the western Sichuan Plateau and afforestation cooperatives were established across the county. The poor villagers not only improved the ecology by afforestation but also got their wages and got out of poverty.

The project for ecotones has provided 228,800 labor services for local herdsmen in the county, with a total payment of 22,880,000 yuan. Eighty-eight poor villages in the county were lifted out of poverty in 2020.

About 'Revival in the Mountains'

Ecological migration is an important measure for targeted poverty alleviation in China. This series selects key ecological migration and relocation projects in Qinghai, Gansu and Fujian provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to take you through China's poverty alleviation work.

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 9: A Green dream

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 10: People and fruit

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 11: Valley of hornets

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 12: Macadamias are ripe

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 13: Citruses are ready

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 14: Awakening forest

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 15: Aromatic camellia

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 16: A green future

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 17: Trees on the rock

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 18：Golden hometown

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