Eight Major CAS Research Projects for Western China's Development

Project: Evolutionary pattern for the ecological setting and sustainable utilization of water and soil resources in Western China

　　Hosts: Institute for Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research, Institute of Earth Environment et al.

　　Duration: 2000--2003

　　Total Funding: 30 million yuan

　　Project: Experiment and demonstration for water-and-soil conservation and the eco-environment on the Loess Plateau

　　Hosts: Institute for Water and Soil Conservation et al

　　Duration: 2000 -- 2004

　　Total Funding: 10 million yuan

　　Project: Experiment and demonstration for comprehensive control and management of the water-ecology-economic system in the Heihe Valley

　　Hosts: Institute for Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research et al

　　Duration: 2002 --2004

　　Total funding: 10 million yuan

　　 Project: Experiment and demonstration for desertification harnessing and oasis ecosystem management on the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River

　　Hosts: Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography et al

　　Duration: 2000 -- 2004

　　Total funding: 10 million yuan

　　Project: Experiment and demonstration for comprehensive control and management of the eco-environment in the farming-herding transitional zone between Hunshandak Sands and northern Beijing

　　Hosts: Institute of Botany et al

　　Duration: 2000--2004