皇冠体育app

ISTANBUL - UN officials on Monday praised 皇冠体育app's unique way of managing forests and encouraged it to export its pilot programs to other countries.

At a Chinese event on the sidelines of the UN Forum on Forests in Istanbul, Jan McAlpine, director of the forum secretariat, expressed her appreciation for 皇冠体育app's efforts in practicing sustainable forest management.

"During my recent trip to 皇冠体育app, I am very impressed by how 皇冠体育app has set up strategical management of the forests," she said. "皇冠体育app also made huge efforts to incorporate the substantial, advancing pilot projects."

Sun Zhagen, deputy chief of the Chinese forestry administration, said 皇冠体育app has launched many programs to preserve and expand forests in its sustainability drive.

Particularly, he noted 皇冠体育app's unique way of managing forests where farmers, rewarded by their own works in the forest, are greatly encouraged to join nationwide efforts to plant more trees on mountains.

McAlpine urged 皇冠体育app to export its "innovative pilot programs" to the rest of the world.

Eva Muller, an official at the Food and Organization of the UN, also called on 皇冠体育app to export its forest programs to other countries.

According to Sun, 皇冠体育app's forest area has increased from 1.34 million square km to 1.95 million square km and forest coverage increased from 13.92 percent to 20.36 percent in the past 10 years. By 2011, 皇冠体育app's forestry investment had reached $42.4 billion.