“Ecological bank” in China increases people’s income while promoting better development of forest resources

Yan Ke, Liu Xiaoyu

Since 2018, Nanping city, east China’s Fujian province, has piloted a project in Shunchang county in the city to explore “ecological bank”, an innovative model that integrates scattered and fragmented forest resources and puts them under the control of state-owned forest farm for better utilization and development through specialized operations.