There are nearly 4 billion hectares of forests in the world, accounting for 30 percent of the land area. About a quarter of the world’s population depends on forests for food, livelihood, employment and income.The United Nations Instrument on Forests embodies the consensus of countries around the world on sustainable forest management and is considered as the basis of international forestry legal framework. It not only conforms to China’s long-term forestry development strategy, but also conforms to the concept of ecological civilization construction in China.
As a major forestry country with global influence, the Chinese government attaches great importance to the implementation of the United Nations Instrument on Forests, actively and comprehensively promotes the implementation of the Convention, so as to grasp the development trend of international forestry and enhance China’s voice in the international arena of forestry.The National Forestry and Grassland Administration’s establishment of a demonstration unit for the implementation of the United Nations Instruments on Forests is a creative strategic measure of the Chinese government’s independent implementation of the United Nations Instruments on Forests.
Responsible for the implementation work of the national bureau of forestry and grassland in our country’s international cooperation center project in different regions, different forest types in the country selected 15 counties (city) unit, as the performance of “UN forest document” demonstration unit, push the “state forestry administration on strengthening performance of < the United Nations documents > forest guidance to the construction of” demonstration unit, the national bureau of forestry and grassland to the < United Nations documents > forest demonstration unit management method “, to strengthen the construction of the performance demonstration unit, introduce, digest and absorb advanced international forest management technology and ideas,Exploring the establishment of policies, technologies and guarantee systems for sustainable forest management suitable to China’s national conditions, summarizing the sustainable management models of different types of forests, and establishing an international platform for sharing experiences and displaying best practices on sustainable forest management.
To realize sustainable forest management is not only a broad consensus of the international community, but also a solemn commitment of the Chinese government.At present, the performance of the United Nations forest document “to become the core content of global forest management, in the new global forest management system, to carry out the performance demonstration unit construction in China, is not only beneficial to promote the sustainable development of forestry in China, and for the global sustainable forest management provides a China, contributions to the development of the Chinese wisdom, is China as a responsible big country actively fulfill the embodiment of international responsibilities.
Post time: Mar-23-2021