ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Honey and beeswax

The potential for annual honey production in China is estimated at 3 to 4 million tonnes.

Other non-edible animal products

In China there is a rich variety of insect and animal resources from which industrial materials are prepared (e.g. lacquer insects, wax insects and Chinese gallnut aphids). There are more than 300 species of host plants for lacquer insects. The annual production of lacquer was 1 482 tonnes in 1988 and 3 019 tonnes in 1996. Half of the total production of lacquer is exported to over 45 countries around the world.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This report has been realized within the framework of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme "Sustainable Forest Management in Asia". The contents are based on available information at FAO headquarters in Rome, as well as on a report provided by Jiang Chunqian and Chen Binhao, The International Farm Forestry Training Centre, CAF, Beijing 100091 China. All data quoted in their study are officially issued by the National Forestry Bureau, China in forestry yearbooks and other forestry information materials.

Additional information on NWFP in China would be appreciated and duly acknowledged.

CONTACTS

The following persons and institutions have also contributed to the preparation of the report: International Network on Bamboo and Rattan; State Administration of China; Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science; The Information Institute, CAF; Sustainable Forestry Development Research Centre; Prof Wang Heran, Research Institute of Forestry, CAF; Mr Liu Dan, the Information Institute, CAF; and Prof Zhu Zhaohua, International Bamboo and Rattan Network, Beijing 100101, China.

The most relevant local, national, regional (or international) agencies involved in NWFP for China are:

The Center of Eucalyptus Development and Research, CAF

Director: Yang Mingshen

Address: No.30, Renming Road, Zhanjiang City 524022, Guangdong Province

Tel: 86 759 3380685

Fax: 86 759 3380674

E­mail: [email protected]

Research Institute of Forestry Sci-tech Information

Director: Shi Kunshan

Address: Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091

Tel: 010-62888856 010-62883772

Fax: 010-62882317

E-mail: [email protected]

Research Institute of Wood Industrial

Address: Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091

Director Ye Kelin

Tel :86-10-62889410

Fax :86-10-62881937

E-mail: [email protected]

Research Institute of Resource Insect

Address: Wang Daqiao, Renming Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan Province

Director: Chen Xiaoming

Tel: 86- 871-3845120

Fax: 86-871-3854821

E-mail: [email protected]

Research Institute of Forest Ecology and Protection

Address: Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Director: Liu Shirong

Tel: 86-10-62889510

Fax: 86-10-62884972

E-mail:[email protected]

Research Institute of Forestry

Address: RIF, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Director: Meng Ping

Tel: 86-10-62889610

Fax: 86-10-62872015

Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry

Address: Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Fuyang City 311400, Zhejiang Province

Director: Fu Maoyi

Tel: 86-571-3310184, 3310001

Fax: 86-10-3310009, 3341304

E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

The International Farm Forestry Training Centre

Address: PO Box 38, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Acting Director: Jiang Chunqian

Tel: 86-10-62889093

Fax: 86-10-62888345

Research Institute of Tropical Forestry

Address: Longdong, Guangzhou 510520

Tel: 86-20-87725622,87708845

Fax: 86-20-87725622

E-mail: [email protected]@public1.guangzhou.gd.cn

Research Institute of Chemical Process and Forest Products

Address: No.16, 5 Sujin cun, Nanjing 210042

Director: Shen Zhaobang

Tel: 86-25- 5412131

Fax: 86-255413445

E-mail: [email protected]

Institute of He Long-Jiang Forest By-Products

Address: No.15, Beishan St. Mudanjiang City157011, Helongjiang Province

Tel: 86-435-6521910

ANNEX 1. FOREST SERVICES

China has made efforts to develop its national parks and forest recreation services; 874 national parks had been established in China by the end of 1997 with an area of 7.48 million ha accounting for 0.75 percent of the total land area. Of the national parks, 292 were established at the national level with an area of 5.37 million ha.

Within the nature reserves, 13 forest recreation spots, 2 hunting ranges and 11 forest recreation services have been established. According to China Green Times (1999), from 1992 to 1996 over 300 million people visited the national parks contributing ¥180 million, the total income from the tour industry exceeded ¥1 000 million.

In 1997, 52.11 million tourists, of whom 0.68 million came from overseas, visited the national parks; they generated an estimated income of ¥819 million and provided job opportunities for nearly 150 000 people.

QUANTITATIVE NWFP DATA OF CHINA

Importance: 1 – high importance at the national level; 2 – high importance at the local/regional level; 3 – low importance

Parts used: an – whole animal; ba – bark; bw – beeswax; le – leaves; nu – nuts; fi – fibres; fl – flowers; fr – fruits; gu – gums;

ho – honey; la – latex; oi – oil; pl – whole plant; re – resins; ro – roots; sa – sap; se – seeds; st – stem; ta – tannins

Habitat: F – natural forest or other wooded lands; P – plantation; O – trees outside forests (e.g. agroforestry, home gardens)

Source: W – wild, C – cultivated

Destination: N – national; I – international