 the middle forest |
China plans to have a quarter of the country covered by forest within 15 years as it tries to repair the damage loggers have done to fuel the runaway economy, state media said Monday.
The State Forestry Administration said forest coverage will reach 23 percent in the next 10 to 15 years, an increase of five percent.
"The increase in forests will outpace what the country consumed or lost during the growth of its economy," administration director Zhou Shengxian was quoted as saying by the China Daily.
Addressing a conference in Beijing, he said new plans have been made for planting trees throughout China.
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