Abstract：In the ancient China as early as previous Qin Dynasty, the sprout of the knowledge that forests can conserve soil and water was produced. It developed to preliminary thinking in the Han Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, and became clear in the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. Until Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty had it been universal and common. In order to realize protecting forest resources, the ancients put all kinds measures into practice, which included banning felling forest to the season, laying stress on forest fireproof, strictly forbidding felling and destroy forest, delimiting forest protection areas and so on. To develop function of conserving soil and water of forest, practicing activities of tree planting and afforestation were advocated that bank protection forest, frontier defense forest, trees that line a street and landscape forest, etc were built.
关传友. 论中国古代对森林保持水土作用的认识与实践[J]. 中国水土保持科学, 2004, 2(1): 105-110.
GUAN Chuan-You. Study on Knowledge and Practice on Function of Conserving Water and Soil of Forests in Ancient China. SSWCC, 2004, 2(1): 105-110.
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