Research Progress of Structure-based Forest Management

Abstract

Forests are considered as the green umbrella of human survival. Preserving forests is the same as taking care of habitat for humanity. How to solve the ecological and environmental problems caused by unreasonably development has currently been an urgent issue for humankind. To figure out the challenges of forest management and to accurately improve forests quality in China, this paper reviews the latest research progress of structure-based forest management technologies for the first time. Additionally, the authors highlight that the structure-based forest management is a highly integrated technology of single-tree management for target trees, which meets the development direction of modern forestry. Structure-based forest management is expected to be an effective way of transformation from plantations to near nature forest. Comprehensive evaluation of stand spatial structure parameters in structure-based forest management is imperative. After 10 years of development, the basic theory of structure-based forest management is more perfect, the technology system is more mature and popularization and its application is more extensive. Widespread popularization and application of structure-based forest management theory and technology can effectively improve forest quality in China, and can alleviate the contradiction between the sustainable development and utilization of forest resources.