Abstract: This paper makes a review on the fourth session of forest culture seminar in 2011.The reports in the seminar are divided into 2 parts, i.e. history research of forest culture and modern research of forest culture. Every nationality inherits and enhances forest culture created by themselves, which provides ideas for future research on forest culture and sustainable development of human beings. The representations introduced the important effects of forest culture on forest civilization construction, forest operation and management, biodiversity conservation.