China News Service, Nanjing, July 18 (Fang Yanheng, Wang Zhenlu, Xu Shanshan) On the 18th, industry experts and scholars gathered at Nanjing Forestry University to discuss the opportunities and responsibilities faced by forestry development under the vision of carbon neutrality.
Experts at the meeting proposed that the forestry industry should be encouraged to make a sound in the promotion of carbon neutrality, so that the traditional "Linjia shop" should be transformed into a modern "carbon" seller.
Wu Shuhong, a professor at Beijing Forestry University and an expert on the methodology of climate convention negotiation and compliance with the National Forestry and Grass Administration, believes that forestry colleges and universities engaged in research on forestry carbon sinks can contribute to the country's forestry goals and carbon neutrality vision for addressing climate change.
Ge Zhiwei from the Carbon Neutrality Research Center of Nanjing Forestry University introduced the important position of the forestry industry in carbon neutrality, and emphasized that the improvement of national awareness is of great significance to the promotion of carbon neutrality in China.
"The pursuit of ecosystem service functions is not simple use and direct utilization." In addition, he proposed that scientific measurement should be carried out for the two types of forest carbon sinks: afforestation and afforestation, so that forestry carbon sinks become an important part of the external cycle of the carbon trading market. Supplement, urge the forestry industry to make its due voice in the promotion of carbon neutrality.
On July 18, Nanjing Forestry University established the Carbon Neutrality Research Center.
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On the same day, Nanjing Forestry University held the establishment ceremony of the Carbon Neutrality Research Center, aiming to give full play to the school’s disciplines and talents in the fields of carbon sequestration measurement and monitoring and forest carbon sequestration and increase, and to carry out scientific research and theoretical exploration with distinctive characteristics. , To promote the further development of China's ecological civilization construction.
At the ceremony, Wang Hao, President of Nanjing Forestry University, issued a letter of appointment to the representative of the Advisory Committee of the Carbon Neutrality Research Center and the Special Research Institute.
Wang Hao introduced that Nanjing Forestry University established the Research Institute of Ecological Civilization Construction and Forestry Development with Chinese Characteristics in May 2019, focusing on the construction of national ecological civilization, rural revitalization strategies, targeted poverty alleviation projects, and the new Jiangsu construction requirements of “Strong, Prosperity, Beauty and High”. The country and Jiangsu Province have made major decision-making arrangements for the construction of ecological civilization, and actively carried out policy theory research and decision-making consulting services, which accumulated a large amount of preliminary practice and theoretical foundation for "carbon neutrality" research.
It is reported that the Carbon Neutrality Research Center of Nanjing Forestry University mainly focuses on domestic and foreign carbon sink measurement, monitoring, and research on theories, technologies and related economic policy issues of carbon sinks and carbon sinks. From the perspective of carbon source and carbon sink monitoring and measurement, integrating forestry carbon sequestration and increasing technology integration, multiple ecological benefit evaluation of various ecosystems, forestry economic management and policy consultation, realization of ecological compensation in the context of carbon trading, and green production of the whole society In the direction of lifestyle changes, various policies, decision-making consultations, forestry carbon sink monitoring and measurement technical services, carbon sequestration and increasing technology integration and research and development, and social science popularization work are carried out. (Finish)