scholarly journals The Effect of China’s New Circular Collective Forest Tenure Reform on Household Non-Timber Forest Product Production in Natural Forest Protection Project Regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Ren ◽  
Jari Kuuluvainen ◽  
Anne Toppinen ◽  
Shunbo Yao ◽  
Sami Berghäll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Forest ◽  
Forest Product ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Forest Tenure ◽  
Natural Forest Protection ◽  
Collective Forest Tenure Reform

scholarly journals Analysis on the Willingness of Peasant Households for Forestland Use Right Transfer in the Background of Collective Forest Tenure Reform: A Case Study in Guangyuan City in Sichuan Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Minfeng Tang ◽  
Fang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implications ◽  
Basic Unit ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Forest Tenure ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
Collective Forest Tenure Reform

<p>The objective of this study is to get a better understanding and accurate information regarding factors affecting the forestland transfer, providing first-hand information, and proposing policy implications. The forestland use transfer is the main content in the collective forest tenure reform in China at present. Individual household, as a basic unit of forest production, should be the major participant in the forestland transfer. Using survey data of 329 rural household in 18 villages of three counties, this paper analyzes influencing factors on rural householders’ willingness to partake in forestland use right transfer by employing Binary Logit Regression. Nineteen variables, which were identified as characteristics of householders and households, natural endowment of forestland resources and householders’s awareness of forestland policy. Results indicate that householders’ awareness of pertinent policies and population of the household demonstrate significantly positive effects, while forestland area owned by individual household shows a markedly negative effect on peasants’ willingness to participate in forestland transfer. Some policy implications are discussed in this paper.</p>

Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Yi ◽  
Gunnar Köhlin ◽  
Jintao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Investment Incentives ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Forest Tenure ◽  
Collective Forest Tenure Reform

AbstractThis paper assesses how tenure reform in China's collective forest sector affects Chinese farmer households’ perception of tenure security and propensity to invest in their forestland. A large database consisting of information from 3,180 households in eight provinces from south to north is used to explore factors correlated with more strongly perceived tenure security and determinants of forest-related investment. The study adds to the limited research testing whether there is endogenous causality between investment and tenure security in forestland, and finds that investment was not undertaken to enhance tenure security. In addition, the data allow for differentiation between perceived tenure security and contracted use and transferability rights. Overall, stronger contracted rights were found to affect investment. China's forest tenure reform – where individual households can manage forestland, empowered by legal certification and stronger contract rights – has thus enhanced tenure security and encouraged forest investment.

scholarly journals China’s Natural Forest Protection Program: Progress and impacts

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (02) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Major River ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

This is a brief review on the progress and impacts of China’s Natural Forest Protection Program that was initiated in response to massive flooding in 1998 of the major river basins of China. The program was heavily financed by the central government and was a success in terms of three program goals: timber harvest control in the natural forests; increase in the total area of forest protection; and, the successful resettlement of forest workers who were affected by reduced harvests. The ecological, social, and economic impacts of the program are discussed.

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