The National Forestry and Grassland Administration replied to a question about the classification of forest land
On issues related to the classification of forest land
Q: In the forest inspection plan issued by the State Forestry Administration in 2023, other forest land without standing trees (**030491) and forest auxiliary land (**030492) have been restored in the forest land classification, but the selection of these two land types has not been added simultaneously in the "One Map" app software for forest resource management, so there is no way to enter these two land types.
National Forestry and Grassland Administration mailbox reply (20231213):
In the 2023 National Forest Supervision Technical Plan, the illegal use of forest land, deforestation and reclamation, land consolidation, destruction of forest land, as well as illegal felling and destruction of forest land in construction projects, should be traced back to January 2013 according to the actual occurrence of the project (felling area). Before the release of the "three adjustments" data in 2021, the "one map" data of forest resource management was still used, and there were other forest lands without standing trees and forestry auxiliary production land in the forest land category.
According to the Notice of the Ministry of Natural Resources on Printing and Distributing the Guidelines for the Classification of Land and Sea Use for Land and Spatial Survey, Planning and Use Control (Natural Resources Development 2023) No. 234), forest land is divided into arbor woodland, bamboo woodland, shrub woodland, and other woodland, of which other woodland refers to "sparse forest land (tree canopy density 0.".1、<0.2) forest land) unforested land, as well as land used for cultivating and storing seeds and seedlings and other facilities that meet the standards prescribed by the state. "Forest auxiliary land" has been incorporated into forest land management.
In the next step, the land types will be further explained in the forest inspection programme.
2023-12-13 National Forestry and Grassland Administration.