Guangdong Province Forest Pests and Diseases Prevention and Control Implementation Measures

Article 1 According to the "Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Forest Diseases and Pests" of the State Council and combined with the actual situation of this province, these measures are specially formulated. Article 2 The prevention and control of forest diseases and insect pests shall implement the policy of "prevention first, comprehensive management" and the responsibility system of "whoever manages the business shall prevent and control", and control the annual disaster area caused by forest diseases and insect pests to less than 0.5% of the forest area. Article 3 The people's governments of all cities and counties (districts) shall strengthen leadership over the prevention and control of forest pests and diseases and establish a target responsibility system for leading cadres during their term of office. Article 4 The forestry departments of the people's governments at all levels shall establish and improve forest pest and disease prevention and management institutions based on actual needs. The forestry authorities of provinces, cities, and counties (districts) with forestry land of more than 300,000 acres may establish forest pest control and quarantine stations with the approval of the establishment department at the same level, and the funds will be included in the budgets at all levels; counties with forestry land of less than 300,000 acres ( District) and township forestry work stations should be equipped with full-time (part-time) personnel.

Establish and improve the prediction and forecasting network of forest diseases and insect pests at the three levels of province, city, county (district), responsible for prediction and forecasting, formulate various forecasting and reporting systems, and accurately grasp the occurrence and development of diseases and insect pests. Provincial forest pest and disease prevention and control agencies should comprehensively analyze local forecast data, regularly publish the province's mid- and long-term trend forecasts for forest pests and diseases, and propose prevention and control plans. Municipal, county (district) forest pest and disease prevention and control management agencies should comprehensively analyze the forecast and report data of grass-roots units and timely release short and medium-term forecasts of local forest pests and diseases to provide a basis for prevention and control work.

Forest pest control management agencies at all levels should conscientiously publicize and implement forest plant quarantine regulations. Establish forest plant quarantine checkpoints, carry out investigation of epidemic areas, production areas, and transportation quarantine to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases and insect pests. Provide prevention and control services, make prevention and control plans based on pest conditions, and propose economical, effective, safe, and simple prevention and control methods. Actively promote and apply advanced prevention and control technologies, organize the supply of drugs and equipment, and implement a pest control contract responsibility system and technical consulting paid services. Article 5 The forestry administrative departments of the provincial, municipal, county (district) people's governments may, based on the needs of forest pest control and quarantine work, be equipped with inspection rooms, instruments and equipment, pharmaceutical equipment, storage warehouses and necessary means of transportation. Establish isolated trial planting nurseries, fumigation and pest control facilities, and simple airports. Article 6 Forest management units and individuals should take measures to prevent and control forest diseases and insect pests, select good varieties and strong seedlings, and plant trees in suitable locations; promote the creation of mixed forests and mountain closures for afforestation, transform sparse forest land, strengthen tending and management, and timely monitor, prevent, and control forest diseases and pests, Improve the forest's ability to resist pests and diseases. Article 7 The forestry departments of the people's governments at all levels shall organize and supervise forest management units and individuals to establish forest seedling bases without quarantine targets to block and eliminate newly introduced dangerous diseases and insect pests.

All port animal and plant quarantine agencies should, in accordance with national regulations on entry and exit animal and plant quarantine, strengthen the quarantine of entry forest seedlings, timber, bamboo and plant packaging boxes and auxiliary padding materials to prevent Forest pests and diseases from overseas are introduced. Article 8 When explosive or dangerous forest diseases and insect pests occur in a large area, the local people's government and the forestry administrative department shall promptly organize a disaster investigation, prepare a prevention and control plan, and report to the provincial people's government and the provincial forestry administrative department in a timely manner, and take effective measures to prevent, control, and control the forest diseases and insect pests. Control, blockade, extinguish. Commerce, supply and marketing, materials, petrochemical and other departments should give priority to the supply of required preventive and control agents, equipment, oils, etc. For relevant materials that meet the prescribed delivery conditions, the railway, transportation, and civil aviation departments shall give priority to transportation. The civil aviation department should give priority to aviation equipment for pesticide application. Article 9 To prevent and control forest diseases and insect pests, pesticide application must comply with relevant regulations, use pesticides rationally, prevent environmental pollution, ensure the safety of humans and animals, and reduce the killing of beneficial organisms. Article 10 Forest pest control costs shall be paid by the forest farms, nature reserves and forest parks owned by the whole people from forestry funds, operating income and business expenses; collectively owned forests and individually owned forests shall be borne by the owner. The forestry bureaus of each city and county should allocate part of the funds from the forestry fund for the prevention and control of forest diseases and insect pests.

People's governments at all levels will provide support for forest pest control costs for forests and trees that have no economic benefits temporarily and shelterbelts, water source forests, soil and water conservation forests, and special-purpose forests that have no economic benefits in the long term. When large-scale outbreaks or dangerous pests and diseases occur, people's governments at all levels shall provide prevention and control funding subsidies.

Article 11 Units and individuals who have any of the following circumstances will be given meritorious service or other rewards by the people's government or forestry authorities:

1. Conscientiously implement the policy of "prevention first, comprehensive management", prevent Counties (districts) with a forest area of ??more than 300,000 acres, state-owned forest farms with a forest area of ??more than 100,000 acres, and forest areas with a forest area of ??30,000 acres have not suffered from forest pests and diseases for five consecutive years. 2. Strictly implement forest pest control and quarantine regulations, have a sound prevention and control management system, implement personnel, accurate forecasts of pests and diseases, timely prevention and control, and significant effects. The area affected by pests and diseases is within the forest area less than 0.1%;

3. Newly introduced forest diseases and insect pests can be detected in time, strictly blocked, and completely eradicated in a short period of time;

4. Obtain results that can be promoted and applied in forest pest control, quarantine, and scientific research, or achieve significant benefits by promoting new technologies and scientific research results;

5. Continuously engaged in forest pest control work in grass-roots forestry units for more than 10 years , work achievements are remarkable.