Contract for mountain forests in China cause ecological destruction and damage to the rural economy.

We the undersigned would like the China Government to review the policy of retirement of cultivated land to forest and grassland.  The forestry reform is full steam ahead across the whole country with a view to realize forestry economy to let rural people contract for mountain forests in order to achieve equitable distribution of wealth.  However, in the course of implementation, there is often a lack of detailed planning and regulation which gives rise to profound problems such as ecological destruction and damage to the rural economy.  Under these circumstances it is advisable for the Chinese Government to review the effectiveness of this policy. 

A majority of contractors of mountain forests use the contracted land to grow eucalyptus that is of low ecological but high economic value.  Eucalyptus is an economic crop of foreign origin characterized by speedy growth.  It takes only a few years of planting to be ready for paper-making.  In other words, it stands for a business of low cost and high profit.  Imagine in various poor villages in remote places, some short-sighted greedy members of village committees would grant the land to a contractor at CNY$5 to $8 per acre and the latter would hire people to chop off the primeval trees or simply burn down the whole mountain forest.  A significant number of the trees being so destroyed are valuable trees or thick old trees.  The birds and animals dependent on the forest would be wiped out as well.  This kind of scorched earth policy, i.e. total clearing for plantation, is generally used to fight an enemy at war.  Even a tiny country as Cambodia would not allow the growing of eucalyptus.  Shockingly this kind of tree is found in a country already ranks among the great powers as China who is willing to sell the country%u2019s resources of generations for an insignificant profit.  

Retirement of cultivated land to forest and grassland cannot resolve the hardships of peasants.  On the contrary it has increased their hardships.  In the rural villages, the average annual income of peasants is still low.  To contract for hundreds or thousands of acres of mountain forests often requires an advance contracting fee of a few years in the amount of over ten thousand or hundred thousand dollars.  Only large business groups or enterprises can afford such a large amount in one go.  As a result, the scheme of contracting for mountain forests has turned into a monopoly of large business groups.  After the mountain forests have been privatized, the peasants reliant on mountains for their livelihood will lose their support and be left with nothing, not to mention the realization of the slogan used in the forestry reform of "Real benefits to the peasants, Protection of the ecology, Development for the forestry industry". 

Eucalyptus is described by ecologists as a water and nutrient sucking machine.  Following the planting of eucalyptus, the soil will be sucked dry and lose all the nutrients in a period as short as one or two years.  The water in the soil will even be caused to contain toxins and the land where eucalyptus is grown turn barren.  This sort of monocultural plantation coupled with the characteristics of eucalyptus therefore cannot meet the aim of the slogan of %u201CReal benefits to the peasants, Protection of the ecology, Development for the forestry industry%u201D initially put forward by the Chinese government for the contracting of mountain forests.    

We, therefore, earnestly request the Central Government to have the State Forestry Administration survey and review the pilot areas for the contracting of mountain forests, and stop granting approval for the growing of eucalyptus in mountain forests, as well as ensure sustainable forest development and protection of forest resources.
 

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