Abstract: With mountains covering 95.63% of its territory, Mengla county is home to several ethnic minorities.Before 1980 s, due to agricultural production, deforestation and hunting, forests in Mengla had shrunk dramatically,leading to declining biodiversity, and some species were even pushed to the edge of extinction. Thanks to the natural forest protection program and hunting ban launched in 1998, the endangered forest ecosystem was saved, and forests and biodiversity started their process of recovery. The recovery accelerated in recent years particularly, driven by a series of regional policies and regulations released by the people's governments of Xishuangbanna Prefecture and Mengla county, which effectively curbed illegal behavior that would damage forest resources, and continuously and vigorously restored the forest ecosystem. The paper profiles the current forest resources of Mengla, points out some problems, and discusses administration measures that may benefit the county.