Wild Energy Plant Resources, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Sanqingshan in Eastern China

Abstract

Accompany with the energy crisis and pollution, came the energy plant, the biomass energy relying mainly on energy plant should be developed. Energy plants are vital strategic resource to secure the state energy supply and to respond possible energy crisis at present and in the future. Sanqingshan has a wide variety of the wild energy plant resources, having an estimate of more than 100 species. This paper studies on the species diversity status, protection and sustainable use of the wild energy plant resources in Sanqingshan. Some energy plants are characterized by fast growth, high yield, high oil content, good burning quality, and potential exploitable worth, including Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Theaceae, Sapindaceae, Prunus of Rosaceae and Carya of Juglandaceae and Jatropha curcas, Sloanea hemsleyana, Sloanea sinensis, and so on. Besides to biodiesel, the development of energy plants can bring various resources such as wood, fragrance materials, fruits, medicine materials and rubber, for seeds are the main oil containers in these plants, in the same time. Some suggestions on the sustainable use and development of energy industry in the region were put forward.