Impact of Gender and Risk Preference on Forest Management Decisions of Rural Households in China: Evidence from Giant Panda Nature Reserves

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Yijing Zhang ◽  
Nicholas J. Hogarth ◽  
Wei Duan
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Giant Panda ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Management Decisions

scholarly journals Impacts of Social Trust on Rural Households’ Attitudes towards Ecological Conservation—Example of the Giant Panda Nature Reserves in China

Forests ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Wei Duan ◽  
Nan Su ◽  
Yicheng Jiang ◽  
Jinyu Shen
Keyword(s):  
Giant Panda ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Conservation Attitudes ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Ecological Conservation ◽  
The Impact

Understanding rural households’ conservation attitudes is crucial to achieving biodiversity conservation effectiveness, and one underlying predictor of household conservation attitudes is social trust. This study examined the impact of rural households’ social trust on their ecological protection attitudes based on 922 rural household data around 13 giant panda nature reserves in Shaanxi Province and Sichuan Province, China. The results show that: (1) Social trust has a significant positive impact on rural households’ conservation attitudes. (2) Males’ ecological conservation attitudes are influenced by all the social trust variables, whereas females’ attitudes are influenced mainly by interpersonal trust (trust in neighbors and villagers). The conservation attitudes of households with higher education levels and higher family incomes are mainly affected by trust in government, while those with lower education levels and lower family incomes are more significantly affected by the trust in villagers and village cadres. The above conclusions are helpful to understand the influencing mechanism of rural households’ conservation attitudes and improve the protection effects of nature reserves.

How off-farm work drives the intensity of rural households' investment in forest management: The case from Zhejiang, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 30-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Zhu ◽  
Zhigang Xu ◽  
Yueqin Shen ◽  
Chenming Huang ◽  
Yaoqi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Farm Work

scholarly journals Risk Aversion and Timber Harvest Strategies: A Case Study of Nonindustrial Private Forest Management in Louisiana

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Wang ◽  
Naveen Adusumilli ◽  
Michael Blazier ◽  
Santosh Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Risk Aversion ◽  
Risk Premium ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Risk Preference ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Management Alternatives

AbstractForest owners face many challenges regarding forest management due to the long period from planting to harvest. Along with the economic and environmental factors that influence management actions, the owners' attitude to risk plays a crucial role in forest management decisions. This study shows that understanding the effects of the owner's risk preference for management actions is an important step to form an effective forest policy. The objectives of the study are to (1) assess the economic advantage of forest management alternatives over a range of risk aversion coefficients and (2) determine the financial incentive (risk premium) corresponding to a forest owners' risk attitude. We implemented the stochastic efficiency with respect to a function framework to evaluate a set of fertilization, herbicide, and thinning management alternatives at mid-rotation loblolly pine plantations in Louisiana. Results from this study indicate that forest owner's risk preference affects their decision to select management actions. Financial incentives are substantially different for specific management alternatives between risk-neutral and risk-averse forest owners. The results can guide forest policy development where agencies can modify financial assistance programs to improve the adoption of management actions.

An Analysis of Tax Savings Under Wisconsin's New Managed Forest Law

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Stier ◽  
Daniel E. Moyle ◽  
John C. Bliss ◽  
Dan M. Pubanz
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Ad Valorem Tax ◽  
Managed Forest ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Forest Law ◽  
Tax Savings ◽  
Ad Valorem

Abstract Wisconsin adopted a new optional yield tax for forestland in 1985. Analysis of a wide range of tax and forest management situations indicates that most landowners could realize substantial tax savings under the Managed Forest Law (MFL), but that the magnitude of the savings depends on the ad valorem tax levy, the specific forest management situation, and the owner's alternative rate of return. The MFL addresses some of the weaknesses of the previous yield tax law and provides landowners greater flexibility in their forest management decisions. North. J. Appl. For. 5:141-144, June 1988.

Forest management decisions for wildlife objectives: system resolution and optimality

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton T Moore ◽  
Michael J Conroy ◽  
Kevin Boston
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Decisions
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