Why did the Chinese government install programs to plant large amounts of trees in northern China?
i. to stop erosion
ii. to improve air quality
iii. to act as a windbreak
iv. to reintroduce animal species
A. i. and ii. only
B. ii. and iv. only
C. i., ii., and iii. only
D. i., ii., iii., and iv.
Answer:
C. I., ii., and iii. only
Step-by-step explanation:
Chinese government in her attempt to plant large amount of trees, set up a program otherwise known as Greening China, which is China's largest tree-planting drive, and originally known as the Three-North Shelter Forest Program.
The purpose is to stop the encroachment; erosion, improve air quality, and to act as a windbreak.
Overtime, according to statistics, they planted more than 66 billion trees across 13 provinces in northern China, since the inception of the program in 1978.
Hence, the correct answer is; to stop erosion, improve air quality, and act as windbreak only.