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Wyzwania dla zrównoważonego zarządzania gospodarką leśną w Chinach
Challenges toward Sustainable Forest Management in China

Author(s): Łukasz Gacek
Subject(s): Economy, Agriculture
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: China; sustainable forest management; deforestation; desertification

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at assessing the challenges for sustainable forest management in China. The Communist government is going to improve the essential ecosystem by restoring severely degraded forests. It wants to enhance the biodiversity of natural systems as well as prevent, control and reverse desertification. It defines actions that could be taken to prevent deforestation and land degradation. The forest policy focuses on environmental protection and emphasizes the ecological and socio-economic functions of forests resources. It mainly underlines their protective and regulatory functions to sequester carbon by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Currently, China has to primarily improve the implementation and enforcement of existing laws and regulations at the local level as well as raise environmental awareness of Chinese community.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 69-89
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish