Impacts of economic reforms on rural forestry in China |
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| Institution: | 2. Department of Neurology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China;3. Department of Neurology, Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China;1. Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695, United States;2. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, United States;3. Madison''s Lumber Reporter, Vancouver, BC, Canada;1. Department of Economics and Statistics, Moshi Co-operative University, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania;2. Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | This paper addresses the effects of economic transition policies on forestry in China. The effects of de-collectivization and market liberalization on the forest land area and timber harvest are studied using panel data from four provinces covering the period 1978–1995. Fixed effects ordinary least squares models for forest land cover and annual harvests per hectare are estimated, allowing for differences across provinces and prefectures in northern and southern China. The results show that land tenure reform in general has had a positive effect on forest land expansion, but the absolute size of the effects varies from province to province. The positive impact of the reform on timber harvesting has not taken place at the cost of forest land cover. The claim that market liberalization leads to over-harvesting of forest resources in developing countries is not supported by our results. |
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