Yingshan: The integration of forest products promotes the high-quality development of forestry

Yingshan County explores the path of high-quality development of forest management and industrial cultivation

The rivers and mountains are picturesque, and the forests are stretched. Forge ahead and write a new chapter together.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We want not only green waters and lush mountains, but also gold and silver mountains. It is better to have lucid waters and lush mountains than gold and silver mountains, and lucid waters and lush mountains are gold and silver mountains." It points out the methodology for achieving the internal unity, mutual promotion and coordination of development and protection.

In recent years, Yingshan has thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, closely focused on the task of realizing high-quality forestry development, systematically promoted the management of "protecting" forests, restoring "supporting" forests, and "enriching" forests in industry, and embarked on a road of integrated development of forest products in line with Yingshan's characteristics.

Make efforts in "protection", insist on taking multiple measures at the same time, and do your best to fight

Just for a long time, protect the forest. In recent years, Yingshan has always put ecological and environmental protection in a prominent position, resolutely implemented the requirements of "strict forest management", and made every effort to promote the daily management and protection of forests, forest fire prevention, comprehensive prevention and control, etc., so as to "escort" the high-quality development of forestry.

-- Guarding the "responsibility field" of the forest chief.

"Forest and grass resources are the greatest wealth, and we must be responsible for guarding forests and managing forests in a proper way," Jing Jian, secretary of the Yingshan County Party Committee, put forward a request at the county's forest chief system work promotion meeting. The sonorous and powerful words show the determination of the county-level forest chief to perform his duties and manage the forest efficiently, which is a vivid portrayal of Yingshan's commitment to being a good forest "administrator".

Yingshan has formulated five systems, including the "Yingshan County Forest Chief System Operation Rules (Trial)" and the "Yingshan County Forest Chief Forest Patrol Work System (Trial)", and issued the "Forest Chief + Sheriff + Procurator General" Coordination Mechanism" and "Joint Conference System for Combating Illegal Trade in Wild Animals and Plants" and other documents, setting up a total of 402 forest chiefs at the county, township and village levels, equipped with 348 supervisors and 575 full-time (part-time) forest rangers, and set up 376 forest chief public signs......

As soon as the mechanism is established, the situation is new. Yingshan takes the "forest chief system" as the starting point, strictly implements the protection of ancient and famous trees, forestry law enforcement, forest felling management, etc., and builds an all-round and three-dimensional information sharing, departmental coordination, joint prevention and control operation mechanism and normalized protection mechanism, and makes concerted efforts to form a comprehensive situation of joint management.

-- Build a "firewall" in the forest.

The "spark of the spark" is the "natural enemy" of the forest, and "everyone's fire prevention" is the "nemesis" of fire. Yingshan adopts the method of "civil air defense + technical defense" to fight the "active battle" of forest fire prevention and extinguishing work, and the forest fire prevention and extinguishing work has achieved good results of "zero fire and zero casualties".

Change the "single mechanism" to the "collaborative mechanism". Establish a "long-term mechanism for the end of the force and the end of the effective work", build a "fire rescue brigade, full-time fire squadron, semi-professional fire fighting team, volunteer fire fighting team" to cooperate with the forest fire rescue system, multi-department joint regular special inspection, special rectification, mutual support, efficient linkage mechanism to fully establish.

Change "manpower patrol" to "manpower and technology joint defense". In the county's more than 30 key protected forest areas, important fire prevention places, dense crowd activities in the forest edge set up voice broadcast and video surveillance system, in the Taipengshan National Forest Park to install a set of forest fire thermal imaging video surveillance system, the patrol personnel use drones to carry out daily inspections, real-time dynamic monitoring of forest fire danger, "human and technical prevention" pattern is fully formed.

Change "special personnel for special defense" to "everyone for common defense". Multi-department joint regular forest fire prevention theme education activities, synchronous use of banners, advertising billboards, mobile propaganda vehicles, financial media and other ways in the county to widely publicize, and constantly enhance the national awareness of forest fire prevention, "forest fire prevention, everyone is responsible" concept deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

-- Weaving a dense "protective net" against the epidemic.

On November 17, 2023, the 2023 joint meeting on the joint prevention and control of pine wood nematode disease in Qinba Mountain, Sichuan Province was held in Yingying, and the effectiveness of forestry pest prevention and control in Yingshan was highly affirmed by the provinces and cities.

In order to win the "tough battle" of forestry pest control, Yingshan set up a leading group for the prevention of pine wood nematode disease headed by the main leaders of the county government, adhered to the prevention and control principle of "early preparation, early prevention, and early treatment", and continued to strengthen the prevention and control of plant quarantine in and out of the country involving pine wood and its products. Projects such as the transformation of inefficient forests are built together to effectively control the epidemic of pine wood nematodes.

In accordance with the overall requirements of "three prevention and two clearance" of preventing importation, proliferation, longhorn beetle, dead trees, and hidden dangers, Yingshan has invested nearly 3 million yuan in special prevention and control funds to comprehensively resist the invasion of forestry pests from the aspects of blocking "pathogens", removing "lesions", and enhancing "immunity", and has achieved the goal of prevention and control of no pine wood nematode disease epidemic for three consecutive years.

Work "support", persist in perseverance, and work for a long time

Ecological protection and restoration is an important measure to improve the quality and efficiency of forest resources, and it is also an important method to promote sustainable forest management. Yingshan takes advantage of the support and subsidy policies of major national projects, seizes the opportunity, makes steady progress and makes every effort to promote, takes the initiative to act as a "practitioner" of ecological protection and restoration, continuously improves the forest structure and forest quality, and lays a solid foundation for the high-quality development of forestry.

-- "Work hard" on forest management.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "It is necessary to intensify the protection of ecosystems, effectively strengthen the supervision of ecological protection and restoration, and broaden the path of transforming lucid waters and lush mountains into gold and silver mountains."

Focusing on the functions of "reservoir, grain depot, money depot and carbon depot" of forests, Yingshan has successfully compiled the "Yingshan County Forest Management Plan (2021-2050)" and "Yingshan County Forest Management Plan for Sustainable Management of Forest Resources (2021-2030)" around the concept of "ecological county and green Yingshan".

The forest management plan and program focus on afforestation, tending, low reform, felling, reforestation and other forest cultivation activities, plan the layout of forest management in the county, divide and classify forest management, put forward policies and measures to ensure the implementation of forest management, and effectively guide Yingshan to cultivate, protect and utilize forest resources scientifically and rationally, providing direction and fundamental guidance for sustainable forest management.

——"Seeking practical results" in improving quality.

On December 7, 2023, a "provincial" meeting was held in Yingshan, and the 2023 annual work summary meeting of the provincial World Bank-financed forest ecosystem restoration project in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was successfully held, indicating that the results of forest ecosystem restoration in Yingshan were highly recognized by the provinces and cities.

Yingshan digs deep into the potential of afforestation land, implements carbon sequestration forest actions, strives for provincial funds, World Bank loans, policy finance, and social capital support, and does a good job in the combination of "planting, supplementing, and nurturing", and adopts new afforestation and reforestation, tending and replanting young and middle-aged forests, and transforming inefficient forests, etc., to promote the construction of multi-species mixed and multi-layered forests of different ages, so that the forest structure continues to improve and the forest quality is greatly improved.

From 2020 to 2023, Yingshan will strive for more than 3,500 yuan of loans from the World Bank to implement 67,300 mu of afforestation projects in 26 townships and towns including Huangdu, guide social capital to invest in the implementation of forest transformation and cultivation projects, complete new afforestation and reforestation of more than 9,500 mu, tending and replanting more than 27,000 mu of young and middle-aged forests, and transforming more than 30,000 mu of inefficient forests. A new picture of "reforestation" has been launched in Yingshan.

-- "Making a fuss" about planting trees and increasing greenery.

All things sprout in spring, and it is time to plant trees. On March 12, more than 150 people from the leaders of the Yingshan County Party Committee and the county government, as well as employees of many departments, officers and soldiers of the army, public welfare volunteers and community members came to Huilong Community, Linghu Town, Yingshan County to participate in voluntary tree planting activities. "I have participated in tree planting activities for three consecutive years, and in the process of planting trees, I can not only feel the charm of nature, but also experience the joy and sense of achievement of labor, and I hope that everyone will join hands to build Yingshan more beautiful," said Ren Jun of the County Chenguang Public Welfare Volunteer Association.

This is a microcosm of Yingshan's advocacy of afforestation with practical actions. The leaders of Yingshan County actively took the lead in participating in afforestation activities, and the Green Committee Office issued a voluntary tree-planting initiative to the county in the form of "Internet +", and all sectors of society responded positively, creating a good atmosphere in the county where everyone planted green, everyone loved green, and everyone protected green.

Ten thousand new green, live up to the green mountains. In the past three years, more than 60,000 people have participated in voluntary tree planting, more than 90,000 seedlings have been planted, and more than 1,500 acres of barren mountains and slopes have been greened. Busy figures, young green seedlings, add vitality to Yingshan.

Concentrate on "wealth", adhere to the integration of forest products, and improve quality and efficiency

To develop forestry, industry is the key. Yingshan closely focuses on the development concept of "integration of forest products", and strives to promote the mutual support, deep integration and mutual benefit symbiosis of forestry and industry, and continues to stimulate power, inject vitality and enhance internal force for the high-quality development of forestry.

——"Forestry + industry" model to cultivate industrial foundation.

The source of forest is born, and the forest is prosperous because of production. The park is the main position of the development of the forestry industry, and the cultivation of high-quality modern industrial parks is the main direction of the development of the forestry industry.

Focusing on the three development concepts of "industrial integration, brand building, and ecological harmony", Yingshan strives to build a forestry industry system with reasonable planning and layout, distinctive industrial characteristics, outstanding comprehensive benefits, and integrated development of three industries. Vigorously support the construction of facilities, base expansion and variety improvement in camphor, olive, camellia and other parks, and create a modern forestry park industrial circular economy model led by "olive +" integrating agricultural industry, tourism, leisure experience, ecological education and ecological cultural tasting.

At present, the construction of the county's forestry industrial park has begun to take shape, cultivating more than 20,000 acres of camphor, olive and camellia woody oil industry bases, developing more than 5,000 acres of understory industries, and building more than 3,000 acres of precious forest tree species bases such as camphor and ginkgo, and the annual output value of the county's characteristic forestry industry has reached 159 million yuan.

——"Forest chief + expert" model to help industrial development.

Yingshan takes the "forest chief system" as the carrier, promotes the "expert forest chief" at the three levels of policy, technology and brand, continuously strengthens the technical support and brand development effect of the industrial park, and strives to build a higher level of "forest grain depot" industrial park model in the new era.

Be a good "navigator" in the early stage. Organize "policy experts and forest chiefs" to study central, provincial and municipal forestry policies, integrate policies of agriculture, finance, self-regulation and other departments to help build industrial parks, assist in the introduction of industrial park promotion plans, clarify industrial support policies and standards, and help Yingshan industry "take root and sprout".

Be a good "instructor" in the medium term. Organize "technical expert forest chiefs" to provide technical guidance, set up academician (expert) workstations, establish a combination of chief expert guidance and responsible forest technician technical responsibility, and provide professional technical guidance for variety improvement, planting and cultivation, and pest control in the park, so as to help Yingshan industry "thrive".

Be a good "propagandist" in the later stage. Organize the "brand expert forest chief" to promote the industry to become stronger, better in quality and bigger in brand, guide the industrial park to apply for patents, register trademarks, build brands, continue to improve the industrial visibility, radiation and influence, and help the Yingshan industry to "flourish".

The "synergistic effect" of "expert forest chiefs" to help industrial development is fully reflected, and the construction of industrial parks is "in full bloom". In 2023, the Olive Modern Forestry Industrial Park was successfully established as a three-star modern forestry park in Sichuan Province, and "Wan Guiren" extra virgin olive oil won the gold medal of the "3rd Sichuan Ecotourism Expo" and the special gold medal of the "107th Panama International Exposition in 2022". In Southeast Asia and other regions, the global market demand potential is huge.

——"Owner + farmer" model, sharing industrial benefits.

Farmers support the company, and the company drives farmers. Yingshan innovates the mechanism of co-construction, co-governance and sharing, organically integrates the company and farmers, links them into a "community of interests", and shares the value-added benefits of the industry.

Yingshan co-ordinates the implementation of the "three-yuan investment" mechanism, integrates the "separation of powers" power and responsibility relationship, mainly contributes by the owners, supplemented by government policy subsidies, participates in the construction of industrial parks by farmers who work out of the land, scientifically builds a benefit link mechanism, and gathers owners and farmers to work together to promote the high-quality development of the industry.

The "owner + farmer" interest connection model has achieved remarkable results, cultivating 6 leading enterprises such as Sichuan Yizhang Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., more than 140 forestry professional cooperatives such as Dongling crops, absorbing more than 12,000 local migrant workers, driving more than 8,000 local forest farmers to embark on the "road to prosperity", and successfully building "Nanchong Women's Home-based Flexible Employment Demonstration Base" and "Nanchong Women's Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Base" and other agricultural poverty alleviation bases.

In the vast land of Yingshan, every step forward creates new brilliance, and every drop of sweat is watered with hope for the future.

The evergreen mountains must be the fruits of forestry management and hard work; the prosperity of the industry must be the crystallization of industrial cultivation and wisdom innovation; and the prosperity of the people must be the integration of forest products and harmonious coexistence.

People do not live up to Qingshan, and Qingshan will not live up to people. The integration of forest products is like a rushing river, which is never-ending and always moving forward. Yingshan still needs perseverance, perseverance, and sonorous and powerful steps, constantly painting a green and splendid picture, and writing a brilliant chapter in the high-quality development of forestry!