Jia Zhibang protection of forests and wetlands, maintenance of ecological safety

 According to the State Forestry Administration website

news, the State Forestry Bureau, Jia Zhibang recently pointed out that 2011 is the The key of the year. In this important historical moment, we ushered in the fifteenth, This year's World Wetlands Day theme is pay more attention to these two ecosystems.

wetland ecological functions with the powerful, the survival of human society and the development of important natural resources and ecological support systems. Wetland species No wetlands, many valuable species gene resources will no longer exist. Wetlands are natural water Wetlands are Wetlands reduce the risk of natural disasters or role.

29.32 million mu of forest area, forest cover 20.36%, single-block area of 100 hectares of natural wetland area of 5.43 million hectares of natural wetlands account for 3.77% of land area, forest and natural wetlands covering an area of total land area of 24.13%. Known as the Green Forest is a Forest is the largest carbon sinks on land control, scientific research shows that the growth of forest per 1 cubic meter volume, the average can absorb 1.83 tons of carbon dioxide and release 1.62 tons of oxygen. Forest is the largest land carbon storage, more than half of terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage in forest ecosystems. Carbon sequestration capacity of wetlands can not be ignored, especially in peat wetlands in mitigating the greenhouse effect, climate change has played an irreplaceable role. According to Wetlands International's research shows that 6% of total global land area of wetlands store about 770 billion tons of carbon, accounting for carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems, 35%. Wetlands and forests to maintain the overall function of terrestrial ecosystems play a central and leverage, regardless of the damage and destruction of a system which will affect the Earth's ecological balance, affecting the health of the Earth, threatening the foundation of human existence. Some scientists assert that if the forests and wetlands disappeared from the Earth, 90% of global fresh water will be in vain into the sea, land 90% of the creature extinct, biological nitrogen fixation will be reduced by 90%, biological oxygen will be reduced by 60%, while greenhouse effect and a series of ecological problems, ecological balance can not be maintained. Therefore, protecting wetlands and forests, is related to survival and development of human society, the fundamental issue, but also the party and the great historical mission entrusted by the state forestry.