Eucalyptus a hidden cause of Southwest China's drought

• Source: Global Times
• [02:03 March 24 2010]
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It's time for China to take action too.

Destructive eucalyptus forests should be removed, making room for ecologically sound forests. Paper-makers and local officials, who caused the situation with profit-oriented thinking, are now obliged to change it.

Local governments can provide these manufacturers with fund compensation and preferential policies in a bid to encourage them to change their current production mode. They should also urge the paper-makers to stop planting eucalyptus and help remove the destructive trees within a certain period.

Updating current paper-making practices is an urgent need, environmentally friendly paper-makers are called for, and wood resources should be used in a sustainable way.