This study aims to examine the relationship between forest preservation and governmental ideology by conducting empirical investigation based on data for 101 countries from 1991 to 2018 and GMM estimation. The estimations support that left-wing government benefits for forest preservation while right-wing one does some harm to forest preservation, this idea is still confirmed while we conduct robustness tests by using two partisan variables and removing extreme values. Furthermore, the higher political power would increase the influence of governmental ideology on forest; Moreover, if the governmental ideology changes to right-wing, the forest would decrease. Meanwhile, results for moderating effect suggest that globalization, air quality and population density would weaken the role of governmental ideology in forest preservation. Additionally, both the length of remaining terms and share in legislatures determine the governmental ideology’s impact on forest preservation.

本研究旨在通过基于 1991 年至 2018 年 101 个国家的数据和 GMM 估计进行实证调查来检验森林保护与政府意识形态之间的关系。估计支持左翼政府有利于森林保护，而右翼政府对森林保护有一定伤害，当我们通过使用两个党派变量并去除极端值进行稳健性测试时，这一观点仍然得到证实。此外，更高的政治权力会增加政府意识形态对森林的影响；而且，如果政府意识形态转向右翼，森林就会减少。同时，调节效应的结果表明，全球化、空气质量和人口密度会削弱政府意识形态在森林保护中的作用。此外，