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FORESTRY

Forest (According to the Forestry Law 2017): Forest is an ecosystem
consisting of forest plants, forest animals, fungi, microorganisms, forest soil
and other environmental factors, of which the main component is a or a
number of species of woody plants, bamboo, corkscrew and areca family,
whose height is determined according to the flora on the mountain, rocky
mountain, wetland, sandy soil, or other typical flora; the area is 0.3 hectares
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or more; the radio of canopy cover is from 0.1 and vover.
By its origin, forests are divided into natural forest and planted forest;

Natural forests: forests are available in nature or restored by natural
regeneration, including primary and secondary forests.

Planted forests: refer to forests which are planted by human, including:
new plantations on land without forests; replanted forests after timber harvest
of existing planted forests, naturally regenerating forests from harvested planted
forests.

By purposes of use, forests are divided into protection forests, special-
use forests and production forests.

Protection forests: forests are mainly used to protect water resources,
protect land, prevent erosion, combat desertification, limit disasters, regulate
climate and protect the environment.
Special-use forests: forests are mainly used for nature conservation, the
standard sample of the national ecosystem, and forest genetic resources;
scientific research; protection of historical and cultural relics, tourist attraction;
serve for rest and tourism, combined with environmental protection.

Production forests: forests are mainly used for production and
trading of timber, and non-timber forest products, combined with purposes
of protection and environmental protection.

Forest area refers to the total forest area at a given time.
Newly concentrated forests are planted forests in the first year, meet
the technical standards for afforestation.

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Canopy cover is the level of coverage of canopy trees in a vertical direction per unit of forest
area expressed in tenths
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