As a nature-based and cost-effective solution, forestation plays a crucial role in combating global warming, biodiversity collapse, environmental degradation, and global well-being. Although China is acknowledged as a global leader of forestation and has achieved considerable overall success in...

Forest resources are an important foundation in our modern development. Its effective management is of strategic significance for maintaining the safety of the country's ecological environment and the healthy development of the economy. The current forest management system mainly relies on the GPS...

The USA is one of the developed forestry country in the world, and boasts a long history of national forest management. This paper compares and analyzes the history, legal basis, formulation procedure and contents of national forest management plans in China and the USA. With an eye to the...

Larix gmelinii natural forests, which are of great ecological and economic importance, are mainly distributed in northeast China. Sustainable management of these forests play a vital role in ecological security in northeast China, especially in the context of climate change. Forest growth models,...

Snags are highly important for many wildlife species and ecological processes. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between snags and topographic factors in a secondary forest plot in South China. Data on 544 snags were collected and recorded from 236 subplots in a permanent plot (400...

How forest management practice impacts the temperature response of soil carbon decomposition remains unclear in Tibetan boreal forests. Here, an experiment was conducted to compare soil carbon decomposition of two layers (organic and mineral) in three Tibetan forests (natural forest, NF; secondary...

Forest is based on seeds. Forest tree seed industry is the lifeblood of forestry and the motivity of promoting the upgrading of forestry industry. This paper summarizes the present development status, achievements of China's forest tree seed industry and problems in them, analyzes the development...

The national park system is a key mission and bright card for China's development of ecological civilization. At present, the relevant pilot programs have been on the right track and achieved phased results. However, there are large rooms in environmental education system to be improved in terms of ...

Intensive management of C. oleifera has produced many pure C. oleifera plantations. The transmission of C. oleifera plantation will potentially affect soil C, N, and P pools as well as their stoichiometric characteristics both in top soil layer and vertical soil profile due to the intensive...

Opencast coal mining causes large changes in landform. The geomorphological features of the reconstructed landform have not been fully understood in the loess area. To quantify the characteristics of the reconstructed landform, multifractal analysis and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were...