According to the eighth national inventory of forest resources, the area of national plantation was 69.33 million hectares accounting for 36% of the forest land area in China.  The stocking volume of these plantations was 2.483 billion cubic metres, or 17% of China's forest standing volume.  Between 2009 and 2013 the average annual harvest volume from China's plantations was 155 million cubic metres. The harvest volume from plantations accounted for 46% of the total harvest, up by 7% on the period of the seventh national inventory.  ‘Plantations - a ...