Who knows what Tianjin’s living trees do?

"Standing trees" refer to forest trees growing in forest land. It was learned from the Henan Provincial Forestry Department that on March 7, the Henan Provincial Live Timber Trading Market was inaugurated. This is the first provincial-level live timber trading market in the country. In the future, farmers can liquidate their trees at any time through the standing timber trading market, turning long-term profits into real profits. At the same time, they can also transfer their forest land to others for afforestation. According to reports, there are currently 860,000 individual and private afforestation households in Henan, with contracted afforestation of 1.273 million hectares, and 8,906 forest product processing enterprises, processing 3.8 million cubic meters of wood annually. The Henan Province Live Timber Trading Market is based on the Forestry Department Materials Station Live Timber Sales Office, with business outlets set up in cities, counties, and districts. The objects of market transactions are living trees that can be traded in accordance with the law, mainly commercial forests, including timber forests, economic forests, firewood forests and some special-purpose forests; ecological forests with "logging certificates" can also be traded; forest land use rights and other Forest property rights can also be traded.

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Morning News reported on August 1 that Ms. Lu, a Harbin citizen, recently reported to this newspaper that she saw a recruitment business in a certain media When she went to apply for the job, she discovered that the recruiting unit, Harbin Branch of Tongliao Live Timber Trading Center in Heilongjiang Province, was recruiting forestry investors in the name of recruiting business representatives. Its marketing method was very similar to the "Ten Thousand Miles of Afforestation". What kind of company is this? What kind of timber trade are you engaged in? ... With all kinds of questions, reporters recently conducted an unannounced visit to this company. Attractive high profits According to the address provided by Ms. Lu, the reporter recently came to the Harbin branch of the Tongliao Living Timber Trading Center located on the 28th floor of the Hushi Building in Nangang District, Harbin. In a small conference room that can accommodate 100 people, the company is holding a so-called "project briefing meeting". Dozens of lecturers are listening attentively to the lecturer Ms. Yin's promotion of the benefits of investing in "living trees". It is understood that many of these lecturers applied for business representatives after seeing the recruitment advertisement published by the center in a certain media. Ms. Yin, a lecturer, said that the company is the sole agent for the commercial timber transfer business of state-owned forest farms, and has cooperated with four state-owned forest farms in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, including Xinglongzhao, Baxiantong, Turjishan, and Qinghe. At present, what we recommend you to buy is a piece of "living standing trees" forest land that has been growing for 3 years in the Xinglongmao State-owned Forest Farm in Naiman Banner, Tongliao City. This woodland is planted with "Zhelin No. 4" high-quality fast-growing poplar trees. Ms. Yin also used the example of "Zhelin No. 4" being ready for harvesting after eight years of growth, and calculated an "economic account" for the audience. Taking the first-hand investment of 10 acres of forestland as an example, a one-time investment of 31,800 yuan is required, including a timber land transfer fee of 22,800 yuan and an entrusted management fee of 9,000 yuan. After 8 years of growth, a tree has a diameter at breast height of 20 cm and a volume of 0.3047 cubic meters. There are 55 trees on 1 mu of forest land. Even if the volume of a tree is 0.3 cubic meters and the recycling price in the "Forest Purchase Agreement" Calculated at 600 yuan per cubic meter, investors in 10 acres of forest land can get at least 99,000 yuan in return after the trees are matured. Excluding the investment of 31,800 yuan and the forest harvesting cost of 1,100 yuan, investors can get a minimum return of 66,100 yuan. Ms. Yin also painted a more alluring picture for the listeners. She said that if the price trend of fast-growing and high-yield forest timber is followed, the price of wood per cubic meter in a few years may be as high as more than 1,200 yuan, then the return on an investment of 31,800 yuan will be more than 210,000 yuan. Excluding the investment and logging costs, the net profit It is more than 170,000 yuan, five times the investment. Who will get high profits? According to the requirements of the "Living Timber Trading Center", the investment is 31,800 yuan, including the timber forest transfer fee of 22,800 yuan.

But are these so-called "three-year-old living trees" really "living trees"? Is it really worth 22,800 yuan? Can high profits become a reality? The reporter called the Xinglongzhao State-owned Forest Farm in Inner Mongolia. A deputy director surnamed Liu said that although the forest land contracted by Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. was planted by the farm in 2003, the trees on the more than 1,000 acres of forest land were all. It is an immature forest, that is, a young forest, not a "living standing tree" at all. Mou Jingjun, deputy director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Provincial Forestry Department, said that "living standing trees" must be planted for more than three years and must be mature trees. However, the company's trees are immature forests and are actually seedlings. Seedlings are not valuable at all in the market. . Judging from the situation in our province, the current maximum price of each seedling in the market will not exceed 1 yuan, and the maximum price of 550 saplings in 10 acres of forest land will not exceed 550 yuan. In addition to soil burial, irrigation, etc., the cost is the most That is more than 3,000 yuan. Mou Jingjun also said that he was skeptical about the high returns promoted by the company. He said that although the price of poplar wood has increased in recent years, it is still difficult to predict what the price of poplar wood will be in a few years. Although the company said that by signing a "Forest Purchase Agreement" with investors, investors can obtain guaranteed economic benefits, but after a few years, what if the price of poplar drops and the company that recycles the forest no longer exists? How can investors' interests be realized? Zhang Tongwei, director of the Forestry Bureau of the Heilongjiang Provincial General Administration of Forestry, said that because the "Zhelin No. 4" poplar has not been planted in our province, it is not clear about its planting and management. However, it grows faster in the forest area of ??the Provincial General Administration of Forestry. The average diameter at breast height of "Daqingyang" after eight years will not reach 20 centimeters, only seven or eight centimeters. Teacher Wang from the Forestry Research Office of the Forestry College of Northeast Forestry University said that according to his understanding, among the current poplar varieties, poplar trees cannot become useful at all after 8 years. Even if the growing conditions in our province are particularly good, it will take at least 10 years. time, not to mention the drought conditions in Inner Mongolia. The contract terms are full of traps. According to Ms. Zhao, a staff member of the Harbin branch of the Tongliao Live Timber Trading Center, the company cooperates with state-owned forest farms and is entrusted by the state-owned forest farms to trade their original forest rights. She also produced a copy of the document issued by the Naiman Banner Forestry Bureau on December 31, 2004, entrusting Tongliao Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. to transfer forest rights, and claimed that Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. is Tongliao's living tree trading center of affiliated companies. The reporter asked to see the original document, but she said that we only have copies now. The reporter also asked to see the "Entrusted Forest Transfer Contract" signed between the company and the state-owned forest farm. Ms. Zhao refused again, saying that the contract was at the headquarters. Ms. Zhao emphasized that in order to ensure the interests of investors, after purchasing the trees, investors will sign a "Timber Forest Transfer Contract" with Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. and a "Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract" with Xinglongmao State-owned Forest Farm. After signing the contract, investors no longer have to worry about sitting at home waiting for the value of the trees to appreciate and obtain high profits. Regarding the contents of the "Timber Forest Transfer Contract" and "Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract" that investors want to sign, the reporter interviewed people from the legal profession in our province. According to Wang Wenming, a senior lawyer at a well-known Heilongjiang law firm, judging from the contents of the two contracts that investors want to sign, investors have to bear great risks. On the surface, the terms of the contract may seem attractive, but in reality they cannot guarantee the interests of investors at all. Lawyer Wang pointed out two problems in the contract to reporters. First of all, by signing the "Timber Forest Transfer Contract", Huifeng Forestry Development Co., Ltd. (Party A) can collect the forest transfer fee in one go without any risk, while for the investor (Party B), the money is first handed over to Party A and can be contracted However, there are no terms in it to guarantee the realization of the benefits. The current age, tree height, diameter at breast height, specific location, income after 8 years and Party A’s liability for breach of contract of the trees purchased by the investors are not stated. Secondly, in the "Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract" signed between Xinglongmao State-owned Forest Farm (Party A) and the investor (Party B), Article 7 related to the protection of investors' interests stipulates: "In the event of storms, floods, floods, droughts, hail , pests, diseases, illegal logging, etc. shall be the responsibility of Party B.

"Lawyer Wang explained that except for illegal logging, the other six types of disasters are all natural disasters, and natural disasters are not exempt from legal liability. This clause essentially violates the legal provisions. If the management and protection unit does not provide adequate protection and problems arise, The management and protection unit, that is, the forest farm, can refuse to implement the terms of the contract in accordance with legal provisions. At the same time, the second paragraph of Article 15 of the "Timber Forest Management and Protection Contract" also stipulates: "Except for cases of force majeure other than those stipulated in Article 7 of this contract. When this contract cannot be performed, each party shall be partially or completely exempted from liability depending on the actual situation. "In fact, this is contradictory to the content of Article 7.