Li Shuxin: Collective Forest Tenure Reform In China
- 1. Collective forest tenure Collective Forest tenure reform in china reform in china !"#$%&'"( Li shuxin )**+,*-,)-./01&(23 2009-5-25,Yaounde
- 2. contents ! Why collective forest tenure reform? ! Whats the content? ! What we have done? ! Whats the result? ! What have we learned? ! What we are doing now?
- 3. Forest statistics Forest cover 18.21% Total forest land area: 174.91million hectares. Standing wood volume: 13,618 million cubic meters The stand volume per hectare 84.73 cubic meters
- 4. Basic information ! Forest cover 8.6% to 18.21% ! Plantation area. ! 1990s large scale mountain greening programe, some provinces eradicate barren land ! 1998-six key projects were launched.
- 5. Forest Tenure in China ! Two land ownership types ! State-owned forest land --42.45% forest area and 42.16% volume; --Managed by state forest enterprises and farms ! Collective --57.55% area and 57.84% volume --Diversified models of forest management
- 6. Why collective forest reform? ! History --before 1978,planning economy --after 1978,forest land contracting to farmertaking back ! Problem --Low productivity. --Farmers have low interests in forest. --Rigid policies
- 7. Tenure is one of the right thing
- 8. Reform background ! Harmonize society construction ! New countryside ! To Meet forest product demand
- 9. Reform contents ! Goal --increase forest resources --increase farmers income --good environment --harmonious society ! Tasks(2008-2012) --Giving 70ys forest land use right to farmers --Issuing forest certificate by government --Adjusting policies (e.g. cutting quote policies, reducing fees and taxes, financial support etc.) --From Document on advancing collective forest tenure reform,2008
- 10. 1.Giving land use right to farmers
- 11. 2.Authorizeing legal right to use forest resources
- 13. 4.Safeguarding benefit from forest land
- 14. Status quo ! 28 provinces have issued documents on advancing this reform ! 30 provinces have designated organizations responsible for the reform. ! 5 provinces have finished first-step reform. ! 15 provinces are putting forward all the way after piloting, the others are under experiment
- 15. Whats the result? ! 90% farmers satisfied with the reform ! Three worrying doesnt emerge ! Positive aspects --Incentive motivated --Forests increased --Farmers income increased --Community harmonizes --Strengthen the ties between government and farmers
- 16. Forestry Share in Household Revenue (1) %!!!! $"!!! $!!!! /0123 &'() #"!!! )/)4(- #!!!! (-3,5'60'32 "!!! */327038 ! $!!! $!!! $!!" $!!" *'+,() +,()-., *'+,() +,()-., Resource: Professor xu jintao,Peking university,2007
- 17. Forestry Share in Household Revenue (2) "! * ) ( ' , & % $ # " ! #!!!+ #!!&+ -./012 3012450
- 18. Employment
- 20. Why success? ! Government support. ! Respecting peoples will. ! Advancing the reform according to law. ! Careful designing the reform ! advancing reform in light of realities of specific regions. ! Right time
- 21. Secretary general visits economic tree in Jiangxi province
- 25. plan,trainning
- 26. Reform in different way
- 27. !"#$$%&'% ! From natural forest to plantation?? ! Forest fragmentation?? ! Income increase??
- 28. What we are doing ! Conference on forestry reform will be organized. ! Policies - --farmers cooperative - --cutting system reform - --improve compensation standards - --investment in forest infrastructure - --monetary initiative ! Forest law revising
- 29. Thanks for your attention! shuxin8608@yahoo.com.cn The department of policy and law, SFA,P.R.C