西部曾是中华文明的重要发祥地。历史上,西部曾以生态良好、经济繁富而著称,西安曾经长期是国家的政治、经济和文化中心。但自安史之乱以来,西部逐渐衰败,水资源过度开发、水土流失、生态环境退化等问题自20世纪50年代以来变得日益突出。在西部,贫困和生态退化是一组伴生问题,贫困与生态退化形成了恶性循环。这种恶性循环的贫困就是生态贫困。据2002年初统计,我国文盲约8507万,而 The west was an important cradle of Chinese civilization. Historically, the western region was once known for its eco-friendly and prosperous economy. Xi’an used to be the country’s political, economic and cultural center for a long time. However, since the Ann Arbor conflict, the gradual decline of the western region, over-exploitation of water resources, soil and water loss, and degradation of the ecological environment have become increasingly prominent since the 1950s. In the west, poverty and ecological degradation are a set of associated problems, forming a vicious cycle of poverty and ecological degradation. This vicious cycle of poverty is ecological poverty. According to the statistics of early 2002, there were about 85.07 million illiterates in our country