International Day of Forests丨my country's forest resources continue to grow, and the quality of ecosystems steadily improves
Today is the 10th International Day of Forests, and this year's theme is "Forests and Sustainable Production and Consumption".
The reporter learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's scientific promotion of large-scale land greening has achieved remarkable results, the forest resources have continued to grow, and the quality has steadily improved.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the country has completed afforestation and planting of 1.173 billion mu of grass, of which 960 million mu have been planted, the forest coverage rate has reached 23.04%, and the forest volume has reached 17.56 billion cubic meters.
The sustainable and rapid development of my country's land greening has laid a solid foundation for maintaining ecological security, improving people's livelihood and well-being, and promoting green development.
At the same time, it has made positive contributions to slowing down the trend of global forest area reduction and promoting global ecological governance.
Zhang Wei, Director of the Department of Ecological Protection and Restoration of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration: In 2019, the results of the US space satellite shooting are that in the past 20 years, the earth has gradually turned green, and China's (forest) increase has accounted for 1/4, ranking Ranked first in the world.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it has promoted the establishment of a national, provincial and county-level forest management planning system, implemented the project of precise forest quality improvement, and established a core standard system such as forest tending, transformation of low-efficiency forests, and restoration of degraded forests. 124 million mu have been tended, and the quality of forest ecosystem has been steadily improved.
At present, the total carbon storage of forest vegetation in China reaches 9.2 billion tons. As the main body and important resource of terrestrial ecosystem, forest has a special position in mitigating and adapting to climate change and plays an irreplaceable role.
my country's key forestry ecological projects have achieved remarkable results
As an important part of forest resources, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's key forestry ecological projects have been implemented in depth and achieved remarkable results.
Coastal shelter forests are forests, trees and shrubs whose main purpose is protection in coastal areas, and play a vital role in maintaining the ecological environment of coastal areas.
At the third-phase afforestation site of the coastal shelterbelt in Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, the workers of the forest farm are taking advantage of the fine weather to straighten the newly planted trees and cultivate soil.
Yin Ronghua, deputy director of the forest farm in Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province: The third phase of our coastal shelter forest project covers a total of 1,200 mu. So far, 800 mu of afforestation has been completed, and more than 40,000 seedlings such as Chinese fir, Metasequoia, and beech trees have been planted, which will further increase The total amount of our forest resources makes the coastal ecological protection forest function more perfect.
In recent years, Dafeng District has made great efforts to build a coastal ecological safety barrier by further promoting the construction of the coastal shelterbelt system. Up to now, the 112-kilometer coastline in the whole district has basically been built into the coastal backbone forest belt.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, key projects such as the coastal shelterbelt project, the natural forest protection project, and the Three-North shelterbelt project have been further advanced, and a total of 520 million mu of key forestry ecological projects across the country have been completed.
At the same time, we have coordinated and promoted the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand systems, implemented more than 300 ecological protection and restoration projects in key areas, and carried out the construction of 40 pilot demonstration projects for land greening.
Zhang Wei, Director of the Department of Ecological Protection and Restoration of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration: (Key Forestry Ecological Projects) Contribute to the further strengthening of my country's ecological barriers, and also contribute to the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Yellow River (basin), and the integration of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. (etc.) major national strategies provide important ecological support.
my country has made important contributions to fulfilling international responsibilities
In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly approved the "International Forest Instrument", which was later renamed the "United Nations Forest Instrument" in 2015. It aims to promote the sustainable management and management of global forests through national policy coordination and international cooperation.
China attaches great importance to the implementation of the UN Forest Instrument and has made important contributions.
The United Nations Forestry Instrument is the most systematic and authoritative international instrument on international forest issues, forestry development and forest management. Basic content such as purpose, principles, rights and obligations of members.
As a major forestry country with world influence, China attaches great importance to the implementation of the United Nations Forestry Instrument. Through unremitting efforts, China's forestry construction has achieved world-renowned achievements and has become the country with the largest increase in global forest resources. In 2020, China's forestry industry total The output value reached 7.55 trillion yuan, driving more than 34 million jobs.
China's achievements in the protection and development of forest resources have made important contributions to the implementation of the United Nations Forestry Instrument.
In order to earnestly fulfill its international responsibilities and obligations, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration has selected 17 units with good management foundations across the country to carry out demonstration activities for the implementation of the UN Forest Instrument. The demonstration content has gradually expanded from traditional forest management to forest culture and nature education. , forest health, national park construction and other fields.
In terms of international cooperation, we have carried out in-depth cooperation with forestry departments in Germany, Finland and other countries, as well as with overseas NGO partners such as the World Wide Fund for Nature, in promoting sustainable forest management, developing forestry carbon sinks, and green finance.