Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9787503880582
Published on: 2015-10
Paperback
Transforming China's Forests - Experimental Close - to - nature Approaches that Could be Applied in China's Vast Plantation Forests and More Broadly in the Asia-Pacific Region The results of this programme are now starting to materialize. This report describes 8 experimental case studies of close-to-nature approaches that scientisits at theECTF believe can transform declining monocultural plantations into diverse, multistoried, semi-natural forests that are both highly productive and resilient in the face of environmental change. Such forests will produce commodity timber in the short term and large-diameter, ultra-high-value native timbers in the longer term, thereby providing eployment for local people and the basis of value-added industries.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
1. Two Dragons Go to the Sea
2. Shifting Conifer Plantations towards Close-to-nature Forests
3. Growing a Close-to-nature Forest ofCastanopsis hystrix
4. Growing a Close-to-nature Forest of Michelia macclurei
5. Betula alnoides and Castanopsis hystrix Mixed-species Uneven-aged Forest
6. Erythrophleum fordii and Pinus massoniana Mixed-species Forest Clusters
7. The Restoration of Degraded Subtropical Forest
8. The Rehabilitation of Degraded Subtropical Karst Ecosystems
Introduetion
1. The Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry
2. The Pingxiang Rosewood Market
3. China's Reforestation Programme
4. The ECTF's Multifunctional, Close-to-nature Forest Research
Case Study 1: Two Dragons Go to the Sea
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The Management Model
4. Benefits
Case Study 2: Shifting Conifer Plantations towards Close-to-nature Forests
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The Management Model
4. Benefits
Case Study 3: Growing a Close-to-nature Forest of Castanopsis hystrix
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The Management Model
4. Benefits
Case Study 4: Growing a Close-to-nature Forest of Michelia macclurei
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The Management Model
4. Benefits
Case Study 5: Betula alnoides and Castanopsis hystrix Mixed-species
Uneven-aged Forest
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The ManagementModel
4. Benefits
Case Study 6: Erythrophleum fordii and Pinus massoniana Mixed-species
Forest Clusters
1. Background
2. The Experimental Site
3. The Management Model
4. Benefits
Case Study 7: The Restoration of Degraded Subtropical Forest
1. Background
2. The Restoration Model
3. Restoration Practice
4. Status
Case Study 8: The Rehabilitation of Degraded Subtropical Karst
Ecosystems
1. Background
2. The Restoration Model
3. Status
Conclution
