In Liangping District, Chongqing, the national reserve forest develops the under-forest economy by planting sweet tea. Xinhua news
In Nanjin Village, Fengjie County, deep in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, the National Reserve Forest Project is showing new possibilities.
Fengjie County, which has tourism resources such as Qutang Gorge and Tiankeng Ground Gap, has continued to make efforts to travel globally in recent years with the goal of building the first tourist destination of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. Relying on the local national reserve forest project, Nanjin Village is stepping up efforts to build eco-tourism and rural revitalization demonstration projects.
Ecological livability with greening as an important indicator is a key link in rural revitalization. "Looking back at the construction of eco-villages in Japan and the new rural movement in South Korea, the protection of ecology has been regarded as an important focus for the revitalization of rural areas, and the positive interaction between rural revitalization and ecological improvement has been realized." Luo Lian said that the construction of reserve forests will undoubtedly bring more possibilities to the rich industrial system in rural areas.
In Liangping, 500 mu of sweet tea is growing happily under the national reserve forest, and in the future, the sweet tea planting area will gradually expand to 20,000 mu; in Wuxi, relying on the national reserve forest project, the local government is building a national forest experience and forest health key construction base, thickly planting the foundation of the "national forest tourism demonstration county"; in Chengkou, the national reserve forest project is becoming an important bearer of local development of summer tourism and forest health...
It is understood that the construction of the Chongqing National Reserve Forest Project will rely on woodland to develop the under-forest economy such as Chinese medicinal materials and edible mushrooms, as well as the forestry industry such as woody oilseeds, dried fruit industries, forest products processing trade industries, eco-tourism, forest health care, forestry carbon sinks, etc., and link the integrated development of forestry first, second, and third industries, realize the increase in income of the whole industrial chain, and release the ecological and economic dividends of green waters and green mountains to a greater extent.
"We have carried out the country's first pine wood nematode disease prevention and control and masson pine forest reform pilot in Liangping District, and are still exploring replicable and generalizable experiences for effectively solving the problem of pine wood nematode disease prevention and control." Xiang Guowei said that through the transformation of forest stands to replant broad-leaved trees and colored leaf trees, cultivate healthy forests close to nature, and greatly improve the quality and efficiency of Chongqing's forests, increase biodiversity, stimulate the vitality of the ecosystem, and play an important role in improving the carrying capacity of resources and the environment and maintaining the ecological security of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area.
It is understood that the next step of Chongqing Municipality will actively promote the organic combination of the construction of national reserve forests and the extension of the forestry industry chain, "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality", read the "Mountain Character Classic", write the "Forest Character Text", take the "ecological road", plant a good "cash cow", make the green water and green mountains truly become jinshan yinshan, and help Chongqing build an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.