China saves 332 mln cubic meters of natural forests from lumbering

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China's moratorium on commercial lumbering of natural forests had kept 332 million cubic meters of trees intact by the end of 2020, an official said Friday.

The country's campaign to protect natural forests since 1998 has helped increase the acreage by 323 million mu (about 21.5 million hectares), and markedly improved the natural forests' capacity to preserve water resources and stabilize sand and soil, Zhang Liming, an official with the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, told a press conference.

The total output of state-owned forests rose from 8.225 billion yuan (about 1.22 billion U.S. dollars) in 1997 to 49.172 billion yuan in 2020, Zhang said.

Data shows that around 400 million mu of natural forests are still in need of artificial restoration, according to Zhang.

Zhang said that China will effectively restore natural forests, focusing on improving their quality and productivity.

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