China's Output of Timber
Continues to Decline
BEIJING, August 9 (Xinhua) -- China's output of timber in the first
five months of this year plummeted 23.2 percent on an annual basis, according to the
National Bureau of Statistics.
Latest figures show that the output of timber from January to May totaled 12.45 million
cubic meters with an output of 1.02 million cubic meters in May.
The Chinese government has imposed ban on irrational lumbering in many forest areas,
particularly those on the upper reaches of major rivers in a bid to curb soil erosion.
Many experts have blamed the excessive logging of trees in the past as one of the major
reasons for last summer's devastating flooding in southern and northeastern China. |