2024年，百万植树计划宁夏项目继续与灵武市白芨滩防沙林场合作，共得到19家林地赞助商的支持，在白芨滩保护区内总计治沙1600亩，栽植各类灌木共32万余株。
Supported by 19 forest sponsors, the Million Tree Project continued its desert control efforts to work with Baijitan Tree Farm in 2024. Another 320,000 shrubs have been planted, covering a total area of 106.67 hectares in Baijitan Nature Reserve.
图 1： 百万植树计划宁夏项目2024年林地示意图
Image 1, Map of the Million Tree Project Ningxia Forest of Year 2024
图 2：2024年林地纪念碑
Image 2, Forest Plaque of 2024
根据当地气候、水文情况。项目将采用灌木种植搭配草方格固沙的模式进行治沙以及生态恢复工作。每块沙地一般会需要4轮种植来确保造林效果，以确保灌木树种的亩栽植量不低于180株/亩。
According to local climate condition and hydrologic regime, we choose to plant a mix of shrubs and grass on the straw girds constructed to control sand movements. In every forest, we need to plant four times to make sure there could be more than 180 shrubs/Mu survived.
第一轮种植已于2024年11月30日前完成，即完成了所有的草方格固沙，并在雨季完成了柠条、花棒的种籽点播。每亩点播数量在200至300格之间（每亩理论666格），即每2×1格会播种一次，同时会配合1kg沙蒿的草籽的撒播。据统计当地每名工作人员每日可以完成约300平方米（半亩）沙地的草方格制作和种植工作，所以完成这轮工作需要40名工作人员约80日的工作时间。
We have finished the construction of straw grids before the end of November, and sown seeds of Caragana Korshinskii Kom and Hedysarum scoparium in the straw grids during the raining season. The planting density is two meters by one meter, which means 200 to 300 grids per Mu have been sown seeds in. In addition, 1kg Artemisia ordosica seeds have been broadcasted per Mu. One worker can do about 300 squares per day. It took approximately 80 days for 40 workers to finish the work.
图 3：草方格全景
Image 3, Straw Grids‘ Overview
2024宁夏生态治沙行于8月23日开始，到9月3日结束，来自12家企业、1所学校的119名代表参与了活动，亲身走进白芨滩国家级自然保护区，参观治沙博物馆了解土地荒漠化，学习并实践扎制草方格，在林地中进行自然探索等。
From August 23 to September 3, 119 volunteers from 12 companies and 1 school traveled to Lingwu, Ningxia. They visited Baijitan National Nature Reserve, where they visited the Sand Control Museum to learn about desertification, practiced constructing straw grids on the sandy land and participated in the nature detective games etc.
图 4：志愿者在在扎制草方格
Image 4, Volunteers are Constructing Straw Grids
图 5：志愿者在林地中进行自然探索
Image 5, Volunteers are Participating in the Nature Detective Games