China to prohibit five types of forestry initiatives
04/10/2007 - 17:28
China will restrict or prohibit specific types of forestry industry development, according to the latest edition of the journal The Key Points of China’s Forestry Industry Policies.
The following projects will be restricted: projects focused
on the production and use of disposable wooden products
and wooden packages made of high quality timber;
projects to process wood and bamboo with lower comprehensive utilization rates; any single production line
to develop new high and medium density fiberboard that
has an annual output less than 50,000 m³; any
development of a single production line that has an annual
output less than 30,000 m³; and products to develop a gum
resin production line that have an annual output less than
1,000 tons.
Five kinds of forestry industry development have been prohibited by China. First, China will prohibit the use of obsolete technology, equipment and products. Second, small sized wood-based panel enterprises, small sized resin production enterprises using outdated methods, the and production of wet processing fiberboard and wood
products not meeting national quality standards will be prohibited. Third, China will also not allow tourist activities and activities involving the collection of forest products such as medicinal plants that exceed the ecological carrying capacity. Fourth, pulpwood plantations will not be established in regions suffering severe water
shortages. Finally, China will prohibit the cutting of natural forests, especially tropical rainforest and monsoon forests, to provide the raw materials for large scale
industrial use.
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