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This chapter examines China’s experiment on devolution policies for local forest management. These policies included the transfer of forest management from collectives to households, the involvement of villagers in the management of state forests, and the shift of some decision-making authority i...


Liu DachangEdmunds, D.[The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China]The promises and limitations of devolution and local forest management in China

This chapter explains the purpose and methods of the book Local Forest Management. The book uses 12-20 case studies in each China, Philippines and India to understand the impacts of community-based forest management policies of the last two decades. We define impacts in terms of the changes in ec...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Introduction]Introduction

This chapter concludes from a study of the impacts of forest devolution policies in China, India and the Philippines that devolution has had significant impacts, but mostly on increasing forest cover. Changes in livelihoods were mixed, and control over forests was little changed. In some cases, d...


Edmunds, D.Wollenberg, Eva K.Contreras, A.P.Liu DachangKelkar, G.Nathan, D.Sarin, M.Singh, N.M.[Local forest management: conclusion]Local forest management: conclusion
Autor: Liu Dachang

Degradation of forests and forest lands is a problem in many parts of the world and is particularly serious in south China. Chinese forest policy reforms in recent years have enabled rural households to generate income from forests, to own the trees they have planted, and have offered new opportu...


Liu Dachang[Rehabilitation of degraded forests to improve livelihoods of poor farmers in South China]Rehabilitation of degraded forests to improve livelihoods of poor farmers in South China
Liu DachangCossalter, C.[The assessment and monitoring of forest resources and forestry products statistics in China]The assessment and monitoring of forest resources and forestry products statistics in China
Autor: Liu Dachang

This article reviews the policies for the tenure and management of non-state forests that have undergone fundamental changes in China since the early 1950s. Private ownership and household management that were dominant in 1950-55 gave way to collectivization in 1956. Collective management remaine...


Liu Dachang[Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review]Tenure and management of non-state forests in China since 1950: a historical review

This chapter describes the change in the institutional arrangements for property rights to the former collective forest lands and the sifts in oversight responsibility for these lands from central to regional and local governments. The data rely on national forest survey data and the authors' own...


Liu DachangEdmunds, D.[Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China]Devolution as a means of expanding local forest management in South China

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