Development Status and Implications of Climate-smart Forestry
In order to give play to the important role of forests in addressing climate change,scholars in Europe and America have proposed the concept and theory of climate-smart forestry,which has attracted wide attention.This paper explains the concept of climate-smart forestry from the five aspects of core concept,main objective,relationship with other forest management models,application scope and development focus,reviews the development of and the current research on international climate-smart forestry,discusses the existing issues in relation to the concept of climate-smart forestry,and puts forward potential research directions.China attaches great importance to the role of forestry in achieving carbon neutrality and rural revitalization.Climate-smart forestry is aligned to the direction of China's forestry policy,which is significant for strengthening forest management,supporting industrial development,developing forestry finance,and promoting national cooperation.