SHANGHAI, May 14, China org.cn - Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden is enhancing park patrols and adding volunteer monitors to address a growing problem of nature vandalism.

The leaves of this yucca plant at Shanghai Chenshan Botanical are covered in Chinese characters carved by vandals. [Photo/Shanghai Daily]

JILIN, May 12 - In line with “Sustainable development plan of National Resource-based city (2013-2020)”, forest management and conservation of key forest zones in forestry industry cities should be strengthened, and commercial logging of natural forests in the Greater Hinggan, the Lesser Hinggan and the Changbai mountain should be stopped since 2015, where strategic reserve bases of timber resources will be constructed.

XINJIANG, May 6, China Daily - Urumqi's Toutunhe district in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region launched a compulsory tree-planting campaign on April 24.

HUBEI, May 1, Xinhua - Shennongjia Forestry District in China's Hubei Province.is famous for its national nature reserve and wetlands as well as high plant diversity. Shennongding, with an altitude of 3105.4 meters, is the highest peak in central China.

Photo taken on May 1, 2015 shows blooming mountain flowers in Shennongjia Forestry District of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Du Hua)

FUJIAN, April 13, China Daily - A large tree-planting was held in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone in Fujian province on March 28, with more than 1,000 casuarina saplings planted, ptnet.cn reported.

Children apply themselves to planting trees on barren land in Pingtan county, Fujian province, March 28. [Photo/ptnet.cn]