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China: Expanding national forest reserves to fuel massive rise in timber imports
According to the State Forestry and Grassland Administration plans have been prepared for an expansion through planting and rehabilitation of National Forest Reserves. This plan calls for enlarging the forest reserves by 7 million hectares by 2020 and aims to have 20 million hectares of national reserve forests by 2035. This should yield an increase of 200 million cubic metres of stock and an annual average increase of 63 million cubic metres of precious native tree species. The national reserve forest will be multi-functional integrating of planting and cultivating industrial raw material, native tree species, precious tree species and large diameter timber. How will China satisfy its hunger for wood? The easiest will be to import. China already increased timber imports massively: in 2016, China imported 51.19 million cubic meters of logs and 25.74 million cubic meters of... Continue reading
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May 7, 2018
China: Expanding national forest reserves to fuel massive rise in timber imports
According to the State Forestry and Grassland Administration plans have been prepared for an expansion through planting and rehabilitation of National Forest Reserves. This plan calls for enlarging the forest reserves by 7 million hectares by 2020 and aims to have 20 million hectares of national reserve forests by 2035. This should yield an increase of 200 million cubic metres of stock and an annual average increase of 63 million cubic metres of precious native tree species. The national reserve forest will be multi-functional integrating of planting and cultivating industrial raw material, native tree species, precious tree species and large diameter timber. How will China satisfy its hunger for wood? The easiest will be to import. China already increased timber imports massively: in 2016, China imported 51.19 million cubic meters of logs and 25.74 million cubic meters of... Continue reading
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China: Expanding national forest reserves to fuel massive rise in timber imports
According to the State Forestry and Grassland Administration plans have been prepared for an expansion through planting and rehabilitation of National Forest Reserves. This plan calls for enlarging the forest reserves by 7 million hectares by 2020 and aims to have 20 million hectares of national reserve forests by 2035. This should yield an increase of 200 million cubic metres of stock and an annual average increase of 63 million cubic metres of precious native tree species. The national reserve forest will be multi-functional integrating of planting and cultivating industrial raw material, native tree species, precious tree species and large diameter timber. How will China satisfy its hunger for wood? The easiest will be to import. China already increased timber imports massively: in 2016, China imported 51.19 million cubic meters of logs and 25.74 million cubic meters of... Continue reading