Development and Situation of Chinese Forest Resources

  • Cheng, Ming (College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University) ;
  • Chun, Su-Kyoung (Department of Wood Science & Engineering, College of Forest Sciences, Kangwon National University)
  • Published : 2006.04.28

Abstract

China has a very large area, but the total and average amount of forest resources are always relative scarcity, retrospect the forest history, when the activities of human beings existed on the earth, the forest resources began to reduce gradually, it indicates that the amount of the forest resources have grate connection with the activities of human beings, especially from the foundation of New China, long term out-of- order logging and unsustainable development make the forest resources and ecological environment be destructed seriously. However, although Chinese forest resources still face a large number of complicated problems, it has already begun to recover and been into the right orbit through listing and analysis a series dates. Additionally, six key forest resources program's launching and the strategy shifting will take china enter a bright future.

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