Abstract:

Improving our forest resources quality is the critical factor to solve under supply of our forest resources and the problem of deterioration of ecological environment. Based on lots of literatures, the author reviews the change of forest resources quality in China. Then the status quo and international contrast analysis were finished. The basic conclusion is that our forest resources quality presented a downward trend, and there is a wide disparity comparing with other forestry developed countries and the average level of the world. This conclusion is not only showing the status quo of the low quality of our forest resources, but also indicating the potential of improving our forest productivity, and the potential and feasibility of increasing our forest resources quality to reply the contradiction of wood supply and demand, the improvement of our ecological environment and the change of climate.

Key words: forest resources quality, forestry productivity, forest ecosystem