Abstract:

Natural forest is one of the most important ecological elements in Yangtze River Economic Belt,and the conservation and restoration of the natural forest has important significance for constructing the ecological security shelter in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Based on the data of the 9th National Continuous Forest Inventory(2014—2018),this paper analyzed the current situation,the existing problems and proposed the targeted recommendations in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The results showed that the forest coverage rate was 44.38%,14 percentage higher than that in the early stage of the natural forest project,while the area of natural forests and the stock increased by 14.18 million hectares and 1 368 million cubic meters,respectively. However,there were still problems such as lack of overall planning,high pressure on natural forest protection,the low quality of natural forest resources and weak management and protection ability,incomplete subsidy policy,failure to establish a long-term fund guarantee mechanism. It is suggested that long-term mechanisms such as top-level design,resource management and conservation,fund investment,and ecological compensation should be established,so as to lay a solid ecological foundation for high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Key words: Yangtze River Economic Belt, Natural Forest Protection Project, ecological conservation and restoration, collaborative governance, long-term mechanism