CHINA EXPANDS LOGGING BAN IN NATURAL FORESTS

CHINA EXPANDS LOGGING BAN IN NATURAL FORESTS

CHINA EXPANDS LOGGING
BAN IN NATURAL FORESTS
Beijing
December 2, 2016
Chi ’ Timber
China’s
Ti b Supply
S
l
600
500
400
300
200
total supply
domestic
import
100
0
China
China Timber Supply in 2004-2013 Timber
in2011
2004-2013
2004 2005
2006 2007 Supply
2008 2009 2010
2012 2013
Commercial Timber Production
vs. Imports
100.00
90.00
80 00
80.00
million M
M3
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
imports of log & sawnwood
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
commercial timber production
2013
2014
2015
Distribution of Forests:
Natural Forests vs. Plantations
Inner Mongolia
Jilin
Major Plantation forest species in China
100 million ha
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
100 million
illi m3
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Forest Area
Stock Volume
Major natural forest species in China
100 million ha
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
100 million
illi m3
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Forest Area
Stock Volume
Regional Distribution of Timber Production
Timber production by province 2015 (million m 3)
Guangxi
Guangdong
Fujian
Shandong
Anhui
Hunan
Yunnan
Jilin
Jiangxi
Hubei
21.05Henan
7.9Sichuan
4.97Heilongjiang
9
3.64Inner Mongolia
4 58Guizhou
4.58Guizhou
2.63Liaoning
3.48Zhejiang
2.88Jiangsu
2.32Hainan
2 27Others
2.27Others
Total
Source: China Forestry Development Report 2016
2.29
1.70
1
1.57
1.43
1 75
1.75
1.66
1.24
1.33
1.24
2 26
2.26
72.18
CHINA’S LOGGING BAN
1998 2014:
19982014 NFPP
Reduced logging
Inner Mongolia
Logging ban
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Trial Ban in Heilongjiang in 2014
Heilongjiang
Started at April 1, 2014 in the key state-owned forests
Natural Forests: 18.45 million ha
Timber Production: 1.49 million m3
Species may be involved:
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Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii) Scotts pine (Pinus sylvestris )
Scotts pine (Pinus
Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)
Picea
Abies
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
Whi bi h (B l platyphylla)
White birch (Betula
l
h ll )
Asian black birch (Betula platyphylla)
E
Expansion
i iin 201
2015
Expand to the key state
state-owned
owned forests
in Jilin & Inner Mongolia at April
1, 2015
Inner Mongolia
Natural Forests: 11.65
11 65 million ha
Timber Production: 2.56 million m3
Species may be involved:
Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii)
Scotts pine (Pinus sylvestris )
Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)
Picea
Abies
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
White birch (Betula platyphylla)
Korean aspen (Populus davidiana)
Jilin
National ban of commercial logging in
natural forests
Inner Mongolia
When?
2017
Jilin
H
How
many?
?
half of the domestic s
supply
ppl
p
How to meet the gap? Plantation and imports
13.33 million ha forest reserves by 2020
150 million m3 timber supply annually
I
Impacts
off Logging
L
i Ban
B
• Timber production
• 2015 down by 13%
• Logging quota for the 13th five-year
five year plan period reflected logging
ban
• Types
yp of Species
p
that will not be available
• Major northeastern species such as Mongolian oak, Chinese ash,
and Korean pine
• Exception:
E
i
non-commercial
i l llogging,
i
over-quota harvesting…
h
i
• Imports
• Volume
• Species
• Legality/DDS issues
S
Summary
R
Remarks
k
• Domestic
D
ti ti
timber
b production
d ti shifts
hift ffrom natural
t l
forest to plantations
• Vey few if any major species such as
Mongolian oak, Northeast Chinese ash, and
Korean pine in NE natural forests will be
available in market places after 2017!?
• However, non-commercial logging and over
quota logging exist, depending on how strictly
enforcement of the logging ban, timber
production may be higher than
recorded/published
d d/ bli h d
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