Lilong Sun

Sep 26, 2024 | mdpi.com | Hui Chen |Gang Tian |Jiaxin Wu |Lilong Sun

1. IntroductionForests support social development by providing timber resources, raw capital, and ecosystem services. In the early stages of industrialization, forests served as natural repositories for timber resources and raw capital, supporting the foundational infrastructure for societal progress [1,2]. However, the overexploitation of timber resources has led to frequent ecological crises, in turn impacting social development and leading to social unrest [3].