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　　Chinanews.com, Inner Mongolia Daxinganling, December 4th, title: "Forest Guardian" in Inner Mongolia Daxinganling: "Insurance" for "Green GDP"

　　Author Zhang Wei Zhao Xingzu

　　Midwinter is not yet approaching, and the extreme cold of -40°C can be clearly felt in the depths of Daxing'an Mountains in Inner Mongolia.

　　Creak, creak...

　　In the Yigen Ecological Functional Zone, which is nearly 100 kilometers away from the station, Zhang Xu, head of the Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Tulihe Forest Industry Company, and Chu Zhiyong, a forecaster, stepped on the thick snow to face the wind in the forest. Snow pressed wood for monitoring and investigation.

　　"The snowfall lasted for more than 10 hours. The thickness of the snow layer in the forest has exceeded 50cm, and in some areas it has reached more than 70cm. This will cause the trees to bend and break." Chu Zhiyong told reporters while measuring and collecting image data.

　　Zhang Xu explained on the side: "In winter, natural disasters such as tree downfall, snow pressure, and freezing and pulling are prone to occur frequently in the forest. Conducting field investigations, and recording and statistically analyzing the various raw data collected can provide a comprehensive overview of the forest. An 'insurance'."

　　Daxing'an Mountains in Inner Mongolia is the largest and well-preserved key state-owned forest area in my country. The total area of ​​ecological function area is 106,700 square kilometers, and the total value of forest and wetland ecosystem service functions reaches 616 billion yuan per year.

　　However, the forest area is also an "open-air industry" full of risks, which is greatly affected by natural climate conditions and is extremely prone to huge losses due to natural disasters.

　　In order to enhance the forest's ability to resist major disasters such as fires, pests, wind, snow, and floods during the growth period, since 2013, Inner Mongolia Forest Industry Group has carried out forest insurance work in forest areas, and the forest defense staff have undertaken the responsibility for forest resources. The mission of "safety valve".

　　"We must pay attention to weather changes at any time. Once strong winds, heavy snow, heavy rain and other weather occur, we will organize personnel to go up the mountain to patrol and investigate as soon as possible. If the forest is damaged, it must be reported within a week." Zhang Xu told reporters. The ecological function area is large, the situation in the forest is complicated, and there are few personnel and professional equipment. In remote areas, it can only be accessed on foot, and it often takes a whole day to walk.

The picture shows that in winter, the forest guards conduct a forest insurance survey for wind and snow disasters.

Photo courtesy of Inner Mongolia Daxinganling Forest Defense General Station

　　Even though the conditions are difficult, in order to minimize the disaster loss of forest resources, more than 700 forest defense personnel in the forest area still insist on going through four seasons after another, from mountains to riversides, from dense forests to grasslands. Staged "Human and Insect War"...

　　"Common pests and diseases in forest areas such as mold moth and larch caterpillar are the focus of forestry pest control at present, and are also the main reason for triggering insurance compensation." Pest Monitoring and Forecasting of Daxinganling Forest Pest Control (Seed) General Station (hereinafter referred to as Forest Defense General Station) in Inner Mongolia Zhang Junsheng, the director of the center, said that they spent the summer in the forest.

　　Since 2013, the Greater Khingan Mountains Forestry Region in Inner Mongolia has established a loss assessment system and risk protection mechanism for forest pests and snowstorm disasters, trained professional teams to conduct comprehensive field monitoring and surveys of forest disasters, collected disaster loss data and photo and video evidence, and explored Create an insurance claim model for exclusive forests.

　　At present, the insured forest area of ​​Daxinganling Forest Insurance in Inner Mongolia includes arbor forests, shrub forests, commercial forests, public welfare forests, etc., with a total area of ​​120 million mu and a total insured amount of 250 million yuan.

　　Wang Peng, head of the Inner Mongolia Daxinganling Forest Defense Station, said that since 2013, the Inner Mongolia Daxinganling forest area has gone through 8 insurance periods of normal claims and post-disaster treatment, with 319.527 million yuan in claims due to diseases, pests and rodents, and 305.136 million yuan in claims for wind and snow disasters. The claim amount is all used for restoration of forest vegetation in the original place, disaster prevention and reduction, personnel training and other aspects.

　　Wang Peng said that forest insurance has effectively improved the ability of forest areas to prevent, control and disperse disaster risks. "As forest defense personnel, we will continue to escort the stable and sustainable growth of 'green GDP'." (End) (China Internet Development Fund Supported by the China Positive Energy Network Communication Special Fund)