Anti-Sparrow Campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:environmental_policy
political event
gptkbp:cause sparrows considered pests for eating grain
gptkbp:consequence agricultural losses
locust population boom
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:endDate 1960
gptkbp:goal eradicate Eurasian tree sparrows
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anti-Sparrow Campaign
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Mao_Zedong
gptkbp:method destruction of nests
public mobilization
killing of birds
noise to prevent sparrows from resting
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Four_Pests_Campaign
gptkbp:policyChanged 1960
gptkbp:policyChangeReason realization of ecological role of sparrows
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Four_Pests_Campaign
gptkb:Great_Leap_Forward
gptkbp:replacedBy campaign against bed bugs
gptkbp:result ecological imbalance
increase in crop-eating insects
contributed to Great Chinese Famine
mass killing of sparrows
gptkbp:species gptkb:Eurasian_tree_sparrow
gptkbp:startDate 1958
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maoist_China
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7