restoration of degraded forests, and developing a joint system of forestry and agriculture to improve the sustainable development of forests; second, timber production and processing; third, sectors related to forestry, such as forest-tourism, developing chemicals for forests, forest machinery, forestry food, herbal medicines, etc. In 2007, China’s total forestation was 2,680,000 hectares, with 980,000 workers registered across all natural forest conservation projects in China. At the same time, there were a total of 1,849,200 registered forestry workers across those who worked in the fields of agricultural forestry and fishery, the fields of public management and organization, in water environment and facility management, and scientific research services. According to the China Forestry Statistical Yearbook 2008, China had over 1200 forest parks, directly or indirectly creating 3.5 million jobs. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that forest restoration can create 10 million green jobs, particularly in organic farming and biofuel production. Forestry efforts have received criticisms for being ineffective and even exacerbating desertification and other ecological problems. Many afforestation efforts have relied on monoculture style planting of trees, without taking local ecology into account, in a style called 一刀切 (yi1dao1qie1), or “cutting everything with the same knife”. Monoculture afforestation has a few problems ecologically: first, that monoculture trees act as natural pumps that deplete groundwater and intensifies desertification; second, that monoculture manufactures a homogenized landscape that has little regenerative capacity; and third, that monoculture forests are vulnerable to disease and makes for a poor wildlife habitat. Climate Analysis With power generation being a large source of emissions and inefficiency, China’s push to develop renewable energy and shut down ‘backward’ industry has already led to increased energy saving and emission reduction. China currently plans to accelerate this change to renewable energy, with the goal of having renewable energy sources supplying 40% of China’s energy by 2050. Additionally, forestry efforts in China have contributed to soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A 2015 study estimated that China’s forests have absorbed more than 22 Gt of carbon since 1973, which is equal to roughly seven years of carbon emissions. Another 2016 study estimated that carbon storage in China’s forest would reach 28 Gt by 2033, which is equal to roughly 9 years of carbon emissions. Another 2018 study also found that each year, China’s forests sequester around 5% of the country’s emissions. However, there are concerns that despite the forestry efforts, consumption patterns