The Effect on Forestation of the Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China
The Effect on Forestation of the Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China

Author: Lunyu Xie

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Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

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Aiming to alleviate rural poverty, stimulate investment in forests, and improve forest conservation, the Chinese government set forth a policy leading to small private holdings of previously village administered forest lands. Using data collected from 288 villages in eight provinces in three years, this paper measures the effect of the reform on forestation. Villages needed to vote for the privatization for the reform to be effective. To identify the causal effect of taking the reform, we use an IV estimator based on the county wide decision to offer the reform package. We find an increase in forestation of 7.9% of the forest land in the year of the reform.

Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa
Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa

Author: Randall Bluffstone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-11-13

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1317591593

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Forest tenure reforms are occurring in many developing countries around the world. These reforms typically include devolution of forest lands to local people and communities, which has attracted a great deal of attention and interest. While the nature and level of devolution vary by country, all have potentially important implications for resource allocation, local ecosystem services, livelihoods and climate change. This book helps students, researchers and professionals to understand the importance and implications of these reforms for local environmental quality, climate change, and the livelihoods of villagers, who are often poor. It is shown that local forest management can often be more successful than top-down management of common pool forest resources. The relationship of local forest tenure reform to the important climate change initiative REDD+ is also considered. The work includes a number of generic chapters and also detailed case studies from China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. Using specific examples and a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, including quantitative and qualitative analytical methods, the book provides an authoritative and critical picture of local forest reforms in light of the key challenges humanity faces today.

China's Forests
China's Forests

Author: William F. Hyde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1317368592

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Forestry and Forest Policy are key issues for the protection of China’s natural environment and for its continued economic development. Originally published in 2003, the contributors to this title review the successes of China’s forest policies and the growth of its forests over the past quarter-century and examine the challenges facing China’s forests and rural environment. China’s Forests: Global Lessons from Market Reforms is a valuable resource for students interested in environmental studies, international forest policy, and the modern development of China.

Society, economy and forests: The unfolding forest transition in China and the lessons for the future
Society, economy and forests: The unfolding forest transition in China and the lessons for the future

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2021-02-26

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9251339325

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The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes witnessed in the forest sector in China during the last three decades and the key drivers that have contributed to the country’s forest transition. Clearly, such a transition is an outcome of the convergence of several factors, including the emergence of China as an industrial economy, clear and consistent policies, tenure reforms, investment in key forestry programmes, and strengthening science and technology capabilities. The paper also provides an indication of the emerging challenges, including the larger uncertainties stemming from inward-looking policies and the outbreak of global pandemics and crises. This study on forest transition in China will provide valuable insights into what is required to build and sustainably manage forest capital in order to meet the needs and aspirations of all stakeholders, whether global, national or local.

Unravelling “Policy”
Unravelling “Policy”

Author: Wenyuan Liang

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

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The curbed deforestation in China is a salient, but underexplored, phenomenon in the context of global deforestation. This study zooms in on the southern provinces of China and analyses what impacted deforestation from 2001 to 2016, with a special focus on the role of state forest policies. In so doing, this study incorporates a set of state forest policies to account for deforestation, controls for other potential drivers of deforestation, and conducts regression analysis. Our results reveal that state forest policies were not equally supportive of deforestation mitigation. The Slope Land Conversion Program, and the Collective Forest Tenure Reform were found to have significant impacts on reducing deforestation. The level of the Timber Logging Quotas was found to be inversely associated with deforestation levels. Other policies were not so conclusive. Regarding the controlled variables, economic development and demographics were found to be insignificant, while among the variables of biophysical conditions, natural forest density had significantly positive impacts on curbing deforestation. Our results provide implications for future research on deforestation and the consideration of complex arrangements of state forest policies and their varied impacts on deforestation.