"Standing tree" refers to trees that grow in woodland. It was learned from the Forestry Department of Henan Province that on March 7, the Henan Standing Tree Trading Market was unveiled, which is the first provincial-level standing tree trading market in China. In the future, farmers can realize their trees at any time through the live tree trading market and turn long-term benefits into tangible benefits. At the same time, they can also transfer forest land to others for afforestation. According to reports, at present, there are 860,000 individual and private afforestation households in Henan, with 6,543,800 hectares of contracted afforestation and 8,906 forest products processing enterprises, with an annual processing capacity of 3.8 million cubic meters of wood. The Living Tree Trading Market in Henan Province is dominated by the Living Tree Business Office of the Materials Station of the Forestry Department, and there are business outlets in cities, counties and districts. The objects of market transactions are legally traded standing trees, mainly commercial forests, including timber forests, economic forests, firewood forests and some special-purpose forests; Ecological forests with "cutting licenses" can also be traded in the market; Forest land use rights and other forest rights can also be traded in the market.

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Morning News August 1 Ms. Lu, a citizen of Harbin, reported to this newspaper a few days ago that she saw an advertisement for a business representative in a certain media. When she went to apply for the job, she found that the recruiting unit-Harbin Branch of Tongliao Living Wood Trading Center in Heilongjiang Province recruited forest land investors in the name of recruiting business representatives, and its marketing method was very similar to that of "Wan Li Big Afforestation". What kind of company is this? What kind of forest trade do you engage in? ..... With all kinds of questions, recently, the reporter made an unannounced visit to this company. Attractive high profits According to the address provided by Ms. Lu, the reporter recently came to Harbin Branch of Tongliao Huoshu Trading Center on the 28th floor of Hushi Building in nangang district, Harbin. In a small conference room that can accommodate 100 people, the company is holding a so-called "project briefing", and dozens of participants are listening attentively to the lecturer Ms. Yin preaching the benefits of investing in "living trees". It is understood that many of these participants applied for business representatives only after seeing the recruitment advertisements published by the center in a certain media. According to Ms. Yin, the keynote speaker, the company is the sole agent for the circulation of commercial timber forests in state-owned forest farms, and has cooperation with four state-owned forest farms in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, namely Xinglong Marsh, Baxiantong, Tekeshan and Qinghe. At present, I recommend you to buy a "living tree" forest land that has been growing for 3 years in Xinglong swamp state-owned forest farm in Naiman Banner, Tongliao City. This woodland is planted with "Zhelin No.4" high-quality fast-growing poplar. Ms. Yin also took Zhelin No.4 Middle School as an example to calculate an "economic account" for the participants. Taking the investment of 10 mu of forest land as an example, a one-time investment of 3 1800 yuan is required, of which the timber forest land transfer fee is 22,800 yuan and the entrusted management fee is 9,000 yuan. After 8 years' growth, the DBH of 1 plant is 20cm, the volume is 0.3047m3, and there are 55 plants in 1 mu of forest land. Even if the volume of a tree is 0.3m3, the recovery price in the forest purchase agreement is calculated as 600 yuan per cubic meter, and the investor of 10 mu of forest land can get at least 99,000 yuan after the forest matures. Excluding the investment of 3 1.800 yuan and the cost of cutting trees of 1. 1.000 yuan, the minimum income that investors can get is 66 1.000 yuan. Teacher Yin also painted a more attractive picture for the audience. She said that if the price trend of fast-growing and high-yield forest wood is followed, the price per cubic meter of wood may be as high as 1.200 yuan in a few years, then the return on investing 3 1.800 yuan is 2 1.000 yuan. Excluding the input and logging expenses, the net profit is 1.700 yuan, which is five times of the input. Who will get high profits? According to the requirements of the "Living Tree Trading Center", the investment is 310.08 million yuan, including the timber forest transfer fee of 22,800 yuan. But are these so-called "three-year-old living stumps" really "living stumps"? Is it really worth 22,800 yuan? Can high profits become a reality? The reporter dialed the telephone number of Xinglongnuma State-owned Forest Farm in Inner Mongolia. A deputy director surnamed Liu said that although the forest land contracted by HSBC Forestry Development Co., Ltd. was planted in 2003, the trees on this 1000 mu forest land are immature forests, that is, young forests, which are not "standing trees" at all. Mu, deputy director of the Policy and Regulation Department of the Provincial Forestry Department, said that "standing trees" must be planted for more than three years and are mature trees. But the company's trees are immature trees, actually seedlings, and seedlings are worthless in the market. According to the situation in our province, the highest price of each seedling in the market now will not exceed 1 yuan, and the highest price of 550 seedlings in 10 mu of forest land will not exceed that in 550 yuan, and it will cost more than 3,000 yuan at most. Mou also said that he doubted the high returns advertised by the company. He said that although the price of poplar has increased in recent years, it is still difficult to predict what the price of poplar will be in a few years. Although the company says that investors can get guaranteed economic benefits by signing a forest purchase agreement, what if the price of poplar falls in a few years and the company that recycles trees does not exist? How to realize the interests of investors? Zhang Tongwei, director of the Forestry Bureau of Heilongjiang Provincial Forest Industry General Administration, said that the planting and management of "Zhelin No.4" poplar was not clear in our province, but the average DBH of Populus davidiana, which grew rapidly in the forest area of Heilongjiang Provincial Forest Industry General Administration, was less than 20 cm after 8 years, only 7 or 8 cm. Teacher Wang from the Afforestation Research Office of the Forestry College of Northeast Forestry University said that according to his understanding, among the current poplar varieties, poplar simply can't last for eight years. Even if the growth conditions in our province are particularly good, it will take at least 10 years, not to mention the drought in Inner Mongolia. According to Ms. Zhao, a staff member of Harbin Branch of Tongliao Living Tree Trading Center, the company cooperated with state-owned forest farms and was entrusted by state-owned forest farms to trade its original forest rights. She also showed a copy of the document issued by Naiman Banner Forestry Bureau on June 5438+February 3, 2004/KLOC-0, entrusting Tongliao Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. to transfer forest rights, and claimed that Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. was a subsidiary of Tongliao Living Tree Trading Center. The reporter asked to see the original document, and she said that there are only copies now. The reporter also asked to see the "Entrusted Forest Transfer Contract" signed by the company and the state-owned forest farm. Ms. Zhao refused again, saying that the contract was at the headquarters. Ms. Zhao stressed that in order to ensure the interests of investors, investors will sign the Timber Forest Transfer Contract with HSBC Forestry Development Co., Ltd. and the Timber Forest Management Contract with Xinglong Numa State-owned Forest Farm. After signing the contract, investors can sit at home and wait for the tree to appreciate and get high profits. In view of the contents of the Timber Forest Circulation Contract and Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract to be signed by investors, the reporter interviewed legal professionals in our province. Wang Wenming, a senior lawyer of a well-known law firm in Heilongjiang, said that judging from the contents of the two contracts to be signed by investors, investors have to bear great risks. On the surface, the contract terms are attractive, but they can't guarantee the interests of investors at all. Lawyer Wang pointed out two problems in the contract to the reporter. First of all, after signing the timber forest circulation contract, HSBC Forestry Development Co., Ltd. (Party A) can collect the forest forest circulation fee at one time without any risk, while for the investor (Party B), the money is given to Party A first, but there is no clause in the contract to ensure the realization of benefits. The current age, height, DBH, specific location, income after 8 years and Party A's liability for breach of contract of the forest purchased by the investor are not stated. Secondly, Article 7 of the Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract signed by Xinglong Nomura State-owned Forest Farm (Party A) and the investor (Party B) stipulates that "Party B shall be responsible for any rainstorm, flood, flood, drought, hail, pests and diseases, illegal logging, etc." Lawyer Wang explained that except illegal logging, the other six disasters are natural disasters, and natural disasters are legally exempt. This clause essentially violates the law. If the management unit fails to do a good job and there is a problem, the management unit, that is, the forest farm, can completely refuse to perform the terms of the contract according to law. At the same time, the second paragraph of Article 15 of the Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract stipulates: "Except for the circumstances stipulated in Article 7 of this contract, if this contract cannot be performed due to force majeure, all parties shall be exempted from responsibility in part or in whole according to the actual situation." In fact, this is in contradiction with the content of Article 7.