World Forest Day Volunteers: protecting trees and forests, the public needs more common sense

China Youth Network Beijing, March 21 (reporter Li Zheng chu) "The public wants to contribute to environmental protection, but often will ' do bad things ', to protect the forest, the need to build on the sound basis of relevant knowledge." Today is the 41st World Forest Day. A volunteer who has been devoted to the protection of trees for many years, Yang, director of the Institute of Natural Science and Plant of the University of Nature, said in an interview with China Youth Network, "planting trees is not as good as protecting trees." To protect trees and forests, the public needs more common sense. ”

According to the FAO "State of the world's forests 2012", between 2000 and 2010, about 130 million hectares of forest worldwide disappeared, of which 40 million hectares were virgin forests, and the global economic losses resulting from forest disappearance and degradation were estimated to be between 2 trillion and 4.5 trillion dollars each year.

According to a reporter on the State Forestry Bureau official website, the latest "China's forestry basic Situation" Report was published in December 2011. By the end of 2011, China's forest coverage rate of only 30.3% of the world average level of 2/3, per capita forest area less than the world per capita 0.62 hectares of 1/4, per capita forest volume is equivalent to the world's per capita accumulation of 68.54 cubic meters of 1/7.

Facing the problem of insufficient quantity and low quality of forest resources in our country, afforestation has become an important measure for people to protect forest resources, and with the improvement of public environmental awareness, more and more people are involved in planting trees.

"Many people think that planting trees is to protect the environment, protect the forest, but in fact this is a misunderstanding." Planting trees is a double-edged sword, on the one hand, trees produce oxygen, on the other hand, it will consume a lot of water, especially groundwater. Trees are not as good as trees. The public wants to contribute to environmental protection, but tends to ' do bad things ' and protect trees and forests, based on the sound of relevant knowledge. Yang to China Youth Network reporter said. She graduated from Beijing Forestry University and has been engaged in plant research and tree conservation for many years.

"For example, Beijing is a water shortage city, and should be based on environmental protection, with more native plants such as Acacia, Shara and Elm," he said. These native species may grow slowly, but they are adaptable, do not consume water, and live longer. Like Elm, although there are pests and diseases, but in the purification of the air has a very good effect. The use of local plants, pay attention to nursery, and the local surrounding nursery cooperation, in the production of environmental benefits, but also to promote the development of environmental protection industry, improve economic efficiency. According to his own working experience, Yang proposed such afforestation and greening proposals.

In this respect, Wang Jinming, chairman of the CPPCC, Inner Mongolia and shun Yuen grass drought-resistant Greening Co., Ltd. also expressed the same opinion. In the just end of the "two sessions" on, Wang Jinming submitted the "in the northern eco-environmental construction to strengthen the application of native plants to resist alien species invasion" motion. "The green industry must adapt to local conditions and climate, and the ecological environment of one side of soil and water," Wang Jinming said in an interview with Chinese youth network reporters. So we should use native species to protect native plants. ”

"World Forest Day", also known as "World Forestry Festival", Dara. This anniversary was introduced in 1971 by Spain and unanimously adopted at the TENERIFO Conference of the European Agricultural Union. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) formally confirmed the same year in November. March 21, 1972 is the First World Forest Day.