1. An Afforested plantation composed of trees planted to shelter farmland and agricultural crops from the effects of wind, potentially reduce soil erosion, or serve as a source of fuelwood or income in an arid or semiarid agricultural environment is commonly called a shelterbelt.In this context, shelterbelts are commonly established as an element of an agroforestry system.

2. The plan was outlined in the Decree of the USSR Council of Ministers and All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Central Committee of October 20, 1948: "On the plan for planting of shelterbelts, introduction of grassland crop rotation and construction of ponds and reservoirs to ensure high crop yields in steppe and forest-steppe areas of the European USSR."