Ecological services value of the forests in China is estimated to reach 1 billion yuan ($ 147 million) while their carbon storage reaches 7.8 billion tons, an assessment report on China's forests ecological services released by the Chinese Academy of Forestry on Thursday said.
The report shows that not only the woods value, but also the forestry itself values more in the ecological term, such as absorbing carbon dioxide, maintaining water and soil and protecting biological diversity, Jiang Youxu, academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences said.