Current Situations and Countermeasures for Management of National Ecological Forest in Zhejiang

There were 930 500 ha of national ecological forest in Zhejiang province by the end of 2014, about 14.10% of forestry land of the province. They distributed mostly around reservoir, banks of rivers. Annual compensation for ecological forest increased from 120 Yuan/ha in 2001 to 450 Yuan/ha in 2015. Analysis was made on challenges such as too lower compensation, shortage of funds for tending and management, etc. Propositions were put forwarded such as improving compensation system, increasing input of management, etc．