The Theory and Practice of Realizing the Value of Forest Ecological Products

Dear Colleagues,

In the face of severe challenges to the global ecological environment, issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss are becoming increasingly prominent. Forests, as the lungs of the earth, are increasingly valued for their important role in maintaining ecological balance, regulating climate, and conserving water sources. Forest ecological products refer to various tangible and intangible benefits provided by forest ecosystems that meet the needs of human survival and development, including tangible products such as timber, non-timber forest products, and intangible services such as climate regulation, water conservation, soil and water conservation, and biodiversity maintenance. At the same time, with the continuous advancement of global development, the demand of people around the world for high-quality ecological products is generally on the rise. The concept of green development, which emphasizes the harmony between man and nature, has been widely recognized globally, and promoting the realization of the value of forest ecological products has become a key measure for the international community to practice the concept of sustainable development and promote the coordinated development of ecological protection and economic society. Currently, the world is in a critical period of pursuing sustainable development, and transforming the development model, optimizing the economic structure, and shifting the driving force of growth have become common tasks for all countries. Further, the realization of the value of forest ecological products is not only related to ecological environment protection, but is also an important way to promote the transformation and upgrading of regional economies and to achieve global social equity and sustainable prosperity. However, forest ecological products have the attribute of public goods, and their value accounting is complex, the market mechanism is imperfect, and the distribution of benefits is unreasonable, which makes it difficult to effectively transform the value of forest ecological products, and restricts the sustainability of ecological protection and the balance of global regional development.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Research on the value composition and evaluation of forest ecological products;
• Comparative study on the value realization models of forest ecological products in different regions;
• Research on the market-oriented trading path of forest ecological products;
• Research on the policy support system for realizing the value of forest ecological products;
• Research on the guarantee system for realizing the value of forest ecological products;
• Experience reference and localization research on the realization of international forest ecological product value;
• Typical case analysis of realizing the value of forest ecological products at home and abroad;
• Research on the mechanism of realizing the value of forest ecological products and promoting common prosperity;
• Research on the mechanism of realizing the value of forest ecological products through digital empowerment.

Dr. Caiyao Xu
Prof. Dr. Fanbin Kong
Guest Editors

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