China Forest Policy : Deepening the Transition, Broadening the Relationship

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:26:38Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:26:38Z
dc.date	2010-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:45:20Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:45:20Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20110706231035
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2993
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243344
dc.description	A pattern of forest area loss followed by a period of reforestation is representative of the forest transition process. Forest transition has been observed in many countries and is a feature of the development process. China reached its inflection point earlier and faster than most other countries that have gone through the transition. The report describes the success of reforms to forest resource tenure in collective forest areas. These reforms, which collectively amount to the largest transfer of forest assets in history, have effectively extended forest ownership to a million, mostly poor, rural households. These reforms have increased forest-based incomes, have increased timber harvests, and have done so sustainably by virtue of increasing planting and forest management and resource protection effort. The World Bank work in China's forestry sector has been successful. However, the developments discussed in this report raise new opportunities and challenges. It is no longer clear, for example, that World Bank loans are especially important in relation to the financing of commercial plantations. While the Bank has begun to move its plantation financing to public goods, or ecological plantings, these are other opportunities. This report brings together findings from Bank-supported studies with experience gleaned from Bank support of over $1 billion in forestry projects. Chapter one introduces the contents and approach of the report. Chapter two summarizes key data and information of China's forest sector and resources. Chapter three presents findings on collective forest tenure reform and chapter four, potential forest supply. Chapter five concludes with findings to clarify choices and options available to the World Bank and China for moving ahead in forestry.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AFFORESTATION
dc.subject	AGRARIAN LAND REFORM
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL LANDS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ALLOCATION OF LAND
dc.subject	AREA OF FOREST
dc.subject	BAMBOO
dc.subject	BARREN LAND
dc.subject	BASES
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY VALUE
dc.subject	BIRD
dc.subject	BIRD MIGRATION
dc.subject	BREEDING
dc.subject	BURNING
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CANOPY
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject	CARBON SINK
dc.subject	CLEAR CUTTING
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL FORESTS
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL LOGGING
dc.subject	COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE FORESTS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FOREST
dc.subject	COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	COMPENSATION PROGRAM
dc.subject	CONSERVATION
dc.subject	CULTIVATED AREA
dc.subject	CULTIVATED LAND
dc.subject	DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR TIMBER
dc.subject	DESERTIFICATION
dc.subject	DETERMINANTS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTRY
dc.subject	DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
dc.subject	ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	EXTINCTION
dc.subject	FIELD SURVEY
dc.subject	FIRE PREVENTION
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST AREA
dc.subject	FOREST AREAS
dc.subject	FOREST AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	FOREST BOUNDARY
dc.subject	FOREST CHANGE
dc.subject	FOREST CLEARING
dc.subject	FOREST COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	FOREST COVER
dc.subject	FOREST COVERAGE
dc.subject	FOREST DATA
dc.subject	FOREST DEGRADATION
dc.subject	FOREST DEPLETION
dc.subject	FOREST DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	FOREST ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject	FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	FOREST ENTERPRISES
dc.subject	FOREST FIRE
dc.subject	FOREST FIRES
dc.subject	FOREST GROWTH
dc.subject	FOREST HARVESTING
dc.subject	FOREST INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	FOREST INVENTORY
dc.subject	FOREST LAW
dc.subject	FOREST LOGGING
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
dc.subject	FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS
dc.subject	FOREST OPERATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST OWNERS
dc.subject	FOREST OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	FOREST PEOPLES
dc.subject	FOREST PLANTATION
dc.subject	FOREST PLANTATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST PLOT
dc.subject	FOREST POLICIES
dc.subject	FOREST POLICY
dc.subject	FOREST PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOREST PROPERTY
dc.subject	FOREST PROTECTION
dc.subject	FOREST REFORMS
dc.subject	FOREST REGULATIONS
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCE
dc.subject	FOREST RESOURCES
dc.subject	FOREST RESTORATION
dc.subject	FOREST SECTOR GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	FOREST STOCK
dc.subject	FOREST STRUCTURE
dc.subject	FOREST SUPPLY
dc.subject	FOREST TRANSITION
dc.subject	FOREST TYPE
dc.subject	FOREST TYPES
dc.subject	FOREST USE
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FORESTRY ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	FORESTRY AGENCIES
dc.subject	FORESTRY INDUSTRIES
dc.subject	FORESTRY PLANNING
dc.subject	FORESTRY PROGRAMS
dc.subject	FORESTRY PROJECTS
dc.subject	FORESTRY SECTOR
dc.subject	FORESTRY STATISTICS
dc.subject	FORESTRY SUBSECTOR
dc.subject	FRESH WATER
dc.subject	GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GLOBAL FOREST
dc.subject	GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES
dc.subject	GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	GRASSLAND
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL WOOD PRODUCTS
dc.subject	ISSUES
dc.subject	LAND AREA
dc.subject	LAND AREAS
dc.subject	LAND FOR AFFORESTATION
dc.subject	LAND LAW
dc.subject	LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	LAND OWNERS
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LAND RIGHTS
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAND VALUE
dc.subject	LAND-USE
dc.subject	LANDSCAPE
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	LOGGING
dc.subject	LOGS
dc.subject	MANAGED FORESTS
dc.subject	MATURE FORESTS
dc.subject	MEDICINAL PLANTS
dc.subject	MOUNTAINS
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST ESTATE
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORY
dc.subject	NATIONAL FOREST POLICY
dc.subject	NATIONAL PARKS
dc.subject	NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	NATURAL FOREST
dc.subject	NATURAL FORESTS
dc.subject	NATURE RESERVE
dc.subject	NATURE RESERVES
dc.subject	PASTURE
dc.subject	PLANT
dc.subject	PLANTATION FOREST
dc.subject	PLANTATION FORESTS
dc.subject	PLANTING
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RATES OF DEFORESTATION
dc.subject	REFORESTATION
dc.subject	REGENERATION
dc.subject	RIVER VALLEYS
dc.subject	SOIL EROSION
dc.subject	STATE FOREST
dc.subject	STATE FOREST ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	STATE FOREST SECTOR
dc.subject	STATE FORESTRY
dc.subject	STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE FOREST
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST
dc.subject	TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	TIMBER FOREST
dc.subject	TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subject	TIMBER FORESTS
dc.subject	TIMBER HARVEST
dc.subject	TIMBER HARVESTING
dc.subject	TIMBER HARVESTS
dc.subject	TIMBER PLANTATIONS
dc.subject	TIMBER PRODUCTION
dc.subject	TIMBER SUPPLY
dc.subject	TOURISM
dc.subject	TREE
dc.subject	TREE PLANTING
dc.subject	TREE SPECIES
dc.subject	TREES
dc.subject	UNSUSTAINABLE LOGGING
dc.subject	USE OF FORESTS
dc.subject	VEGETATION
dc.subject	VILLAGE FOREST
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	WEATHER
dc.subject	WILD ANIMALS
dc.subject	WILDLIFE
dc.subject	WILDLIFE PROTECTION
dc.subject	WOOD
dc.subject	WOOD PRODUCTS
dc.title	China Forest Policy : Deepening the Transition, Broadening the Relationship
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	China