China’s forestry sector was traditionally focused on the extraction of timber for income generation. In 2008, the Central-Southern parts of China suffered from an exceptionally severe ice storm that affected around 22 million hectares of forests and caused direct economic losses of about US$9 billion. Hunan Province was one of the most affected, with about 4.5 million hectares being partially or destroyed. The destroyed forest areas were affected...
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