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Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...


Ruiz Perez, M.Zhong, M.Belcher, B.Xie, C.Fu MaoyiXie, J.[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China

There are positive and negative feed-back links between forestry and poverty. The role of forests as part of a rural development strategy is much debated in literature. We have explored this role and links for a montane forest village in East China using official historical data and our own field...


Gutiérrez Rodriguez, L.Ruiz Perez, M.Yang, XiaoshengFu, MaoyiGeriletuWu, D.[The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China]The changing contribution of forests to livelihoods: evidence from Daxi Village, Zhejiang Province, China

The contributions that non-timber forest products (NTFPs) can make to rural livelihoods, and the fact that their use is less ecologically destructive than timber harvesting, have encouraged the belief that more intensive management of forests for such products could contribute to both development...


Arnold, J.E.M.Ruiz Perez, M.[Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?]Can non-timber forest products match tropical forest conservation and development objectives?

Bamboo, with a long tradition in China, is one of the emerging sectors in the Chinese economy. It is making an increasingly large contribution to farmers' income and playing an important role in rural industrial development. Bamboo products are also being substituted for wood products, a process ...


Ruiz Perez, M.Fu MaoyiYang XiaoshengBelcher, B.[Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion]Bamboo forestry in China: toward environmentally friendly expansion

China has undertaken major economic policy changes since 1978, having moved from a plan economy to a predominantly market economy. These changes had great impact in the forestry sector. This paper aims to document these changes in the case of bamboo, and at the same time show bamboo's contributio...


Ruiz Perez, M.Fu MaoyiXie JinzhongBelcher, B.Zhong MaogongXie Chen[Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county]Policy change in China: the effects on the bamboo sector in Anji county

The chapter begins with a summary of the state of rural poverty in China and the potential role of forestry. It continues with a general discussion of the bamboo sector and the evidence from the research regarding the household income effects of the rapid expansion on bamboo production. Bamboo in...


Ruiz Perez, M.Belcher, B.Maoyi FuXiaosheng Yang[Forestry, poverty, and rural development: perspectives from the bamboo subsector]Forestry, poverty, and rural development: perspectives from the bamboo subsector

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