Forests serve as important carbon sinks, absorbing approximately 25 percent of global carbon emissions annually, thereby mitigating the negative impact of climate change on agriculture. The Saihanba Mechanized Forest Farm, with its 75,000 hectares of planted forest, sequesters 810,000 tonnes of CO2 and releases 550,000 tonnes of oxygen each year, Jia added.

A view of Saihanba Mechanized Forest Farm in Hebei Province, north China. /VCG