宁明县是广西的林业大县，全县有林面积284万亩，森林覆盖率58.3%，木材总蓄积量809万立方米，林木年均生长量35万立方米，主要树种有桐棉松、八角、速丰桉等。桐棉松是世界著名的马尾松，具有速生、枝节少而细、木纹美致、树干直等特点，现有面积180万亩；八角是主要经济林种，种植面积32万亩；速丰桉种植面积7万亩，计划在五年内发展到15万亩以上。主要林产品有：木材，年采伐量在10－15万立方米；八角，年产干果5000吨；松脂，年产3.5万吨。另外，砂仁、佛手果、苦草、天冬、莪术等药材，种植总面积达2.5万亩。

    开发重点：开发松脂深加工、八角茴油加工、药材种植加工、构树栽培加工、速丰林以及八角低产改造等项目。

    The forest resources

    Ningming county has an area of forest land 2.84 million mu, the land covered by forest come up to 58.3%, the total wood capacity of 8.09 m3, annual lumber growing output of 350 thousand m3, the main trees are Tongmian pine, Star anise tree and fast growing euculyptus and so on. Tongmian pine is a famous horsetail pine in the world with the characters of fast growing, less branches, beautiful wood ripple and straight trunk. And now there are an area of 1.08 million mu of this tree in Ningming; the Star anise tree tree is one kind of main economic trees, with an area of 320 thousand mu, fast growing euculyptus tree of 70 thousand mu now, it is planned to expand to over150 thousand mu in 5 years. The main forest products are: timber with an annual output of 100000-150000 m3; Star anise fruit with an annual out put of dry fruit 5000 tons ;rosin with an annual output of 35000 tons. Besides, other drugs of sharen, foshouguo, kucao,tiandong,eshu and so on with an area of 25000 mu.

    The key-point development: resin processing, density board,bajiao fennel oil processing,drug processing and so on.