Issued by Yufeng District Natural Resources Bureau of Liuzhou City

Notice on carrying out eucalyptus renewal and transformation,

The notice requires eucalyptus to gradually disappear within five years.

Newly planted eucalyptus will not be cut down,

Eucalyptus logging will be completely stopped from 2026.

The full text of the notice is as follows:

Notice on carrying out eucalyptus renewal and transformation work

According to the Land Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, Forest Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland, Regulations on the Protection of Drinking Water Sources in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Measures for the Administration of National Public Welfare Forests, Measures for the Administration of Public Welfare Forests in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and other laws, regulations and policies, in order to protect the ecological environment, build an ecological civilization and promote rural revitalization, it is decided to notify the relevant matters located in Yufeng District (excluding) as follows:

1. It is forbidden to plant eucalyptus in non-forest land such as permanent basic farmland, general cultivated land and garden. Eucalyptus has been planted in non-forest land, which will be gradually withdrawn within five years and completely cleared before 2025. After quitting eucalyptus, crops such as grain, oil, sugar and vegetables should be planted in permanent basic farmland, and other crops such as fruits, vegetables, tea trees and mulberry trees can be replanted in general cultivated land and garden, and eucalyptus should not be planted again.

Second, it is strictly forbidden to plant eucalyptus in public welfare forests above the autonomous region level. Eucalyptus trees that have been planted shall not be cut down unless decided according to law, and new eucalyptus trees shall not be planted after cutting.

Third, it is forbidden to plant eucalyptus in drinking water source protection areas. Those who have planted eucalyptus must gradually withdraw within five years, and all will be cleared before 2025, and no new eucalyptus will be planted.

Four, it is strictly prohibited to plant eucalyptus on the land around the river and the reservoir. Those that have been planted must be gradually withdrawn within five years, and all will be cleared before 2025, and no new eucalyptus trees will be planted.

Five, has planted eucalyptus woodland, must gradually withdraw in five years, all cleared before 2025. After returning, you can plant bamboo shoots, camellia oleifera, pine trees, fruit trees, native trees and rare trees, and you can't plant eucalyptus.

Six, since the date of promulgation of this notice, the newly planted eucalyptus shall not be cut down. Since 2024, eucalyptus logging will be gradually restricted, and eucalyptus logging will be completely stopped from 2026.

This is to inform Yufeng District Natural Resources Bureau.

65438+February 3, 2020

Cleaning fast-growing eucalyptus in Guangxi

20 14 12. The Forestry Department of the Autonomous Region issued the Notice on Further Adjusting and Optimizing the Implementation Plan of Tree Species Structure in the Region (20 15-2020). It's clearly stated in the notice-

Reduce the planting area of eucalyptus by 4 million mu, so that the proportion of eucalyptus woodland area in the total forest area of the whole region will be reduced from below 12%.

Eucalyptus planting should be mainly distributed in areas with annual average temperature above C and south of north latitude, namely Babu District, Zhongshan County, Pingle County, Luzhai County, south of Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, donglan, lingyun county and tianlin county.

For counties (cities, districts) that are divided into national and Guangxi key ecological main functional areas, the eucalyptus planting area will not be expanded in principle.

Subsequently, many places in Guangxi issued notices, clearly proposing to speed up the clean-up of fast-growing eucalyptus. For example:

As early as May 4, 20 14, Shanglin County issued the Emergency Notice on Clearing the Occupied Cultivated Land and Planting Fast-growing Eucalyptus within a Time Limit: about 50,000 mu of Eucalyptus will be gradually withdrawn from water conservation areas, tourism, cultivated land and secondary roads within five years; In the future, the county 1 10,000 mu of fast-growing eucalyptus will quit.

On February 20 15, the government of Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County issued the Notice on Prohibiting the Planting of Fast-growing Eucalyptus Plantations in the County: the newly developed fast-growing Eucalyptus plantations were prohibited in the County, and all fast-growing Eucalyptus plantations were cleared before 20 18.

Binyang County, Fusui County, Longan County and other places have successively implemented actions to control eucalyptus planting and clean up eucalyptus in water sources. Chenping Town, the largest forest town in Binyang, strives to withdraw all fast-growing eucalyptus trees from the historical stage of planting before the end of 2020.

A large number of eucalyptus trees have caused great controversy.

At present, the planting area, growth and stock of eucalyptus in Guangxi rank first in China. By the end of 20 18, the planting area of Eucalyptus in Guangxi exceeded 35 million mu, the annual cutting volume exceeded 27 million cubic meters, and the annual absorption of carbon dioxide exceeded 1 100 million tons. The annual output value of papermaking and wood processing industry with eucalyptus as the main raw material reaches 239.5 billion yuan, and the eucalyptus industry, which accounts for the total forestry output value of the whole region, has become an important pillar of the green development of forestry in Guangxi.

But planting eucalyptus in large quantities has also attracted great controversy. Eucalyptus is a timber forest with a rotation period of less than ten years. Its rapid growth needs to supply a lot of nutrients, and the growth process consumes a lot of soil fertility and water, which is not conducive to water conservation and vegetation protection. Especially in some places, some operators of fast-growing eucalyptus unilaterally pursue economic benefits, and their business methods have many disadvantages, such as over-planting, single variety, excessive use of fertilizers and herbicides, and even predatory business methods such as full reclamation and land refining, which have caused damage to the ecology.

There is a legal basis for repaying fast-growing eucalyptus.

In order to protect the ecological environment, the Regulations on the Protection of Drinking Water Sources in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) came into effect on May 1 2065438. The "Regulations" stipulate that it is forbidden to newly afforest timber forests with a rotation period of less than 10 years in the first and second protected areas of surface water drinking water sources and rural drinking water sources. It is suggested that people go to the local ecological environment management department to find out whether the Li Yue village area they reflect belongs to the drinking water source protection area.

If it is in a protected area, the provisions of the Regulations should be strictly implemented. It is forbidden to newly plant timber forests with rotation period less than 10 years in the second-class protection zone of drinking water sources. Those that have been planted should be assessed for social risks in time, and after the transformation plan is put forward and reported to the government for approval, they should be updated by means of transformation of inefficient forests and replanted with local broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests.

Original title: "This place in Guangxi has begun to completely clear eucalyptus, and new eucalyptus varieties will not be cut down."