四川省实施天然林资源保护工程和退耕还林工程

1998年夏秋之际 ,长江中上游地区发生了历史上罕见的特大水灾。 8月 2 0日 ,四川省人民政府在全国率先作出重要决定 :从 9月 1日起 ,在阿坝、甘孜、凉山、攀枝花、乐山和雅安三州两地一市 ,实施天然林资源保护工程 ,禁止采伐天然林 ,关闭工程区内木材交易市场。不久又将这一禁伐令扩大到全省范围内。 1 999年 1 0月 ,为了建设长江上游生态屏障 ,四川省政府再次决定两年内在 1 2 0个县 (市 )完成 30 0万亩退耕还林试点任务。以上重要决定的制定和实施 ,对于从根本上扭转本省森林面积下降 ,遏制生态环境恶化 ,促进国民经济的发展和人民生活的改善 ,无疑具有十分重大的生态、经济和社会效益。

Sichuan Province's Implementation of Projects to Conserve Pristine Forests and Restore Farmland into Forests

During the summer and autumn of 1998 the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River suffered a flood disaster of rarely seen proportions.The Sichuan government led the country by deciding that from September of that year its pristine forests in four prefectures and two cities would be protected.This policy was then expanded to cover the whole province.In 1999,in order to establish an ecological protection barrier for the Yangtze,the province government decided to restore three million mu of farmland to forest across 120 counties and cities.This paper describes the formulation and implementation of these policies.