Measuring the Aggregate Socioeconomic Impacts of China's Natural Forest Protection Program

2009 ◽  
pp. 235-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqin Shen ◽  
Xianchun Liao ◽  
Runsheng Yin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

Measuring the socioeconomic impacts of China's Natural Forest Protection Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 769-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUEQIN SHEN ◽  
XIANCHUN LIAO ◽  
RUNSHENG YIN
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection ◽  
National Governments ◽  
Forest Managers

China has been implementing one of the world's largest ecological rehabilitation projects, the Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP), to improve its fragile and precarious environmental conditions. This paper measures the socioeconomic impacts of the NFPP using input–output (I–O) models. We find that the NFPP will expand the annual output of the forest sectors by 5.8 billion Yuan and the whole economy by 8.9 billion Yuan by 2010. Employment will increase by 0.84 million in the forest sectors and by 0.93 million in the whole economy. Associated with the enormous expansion of forest protection and management are huge contributions to mitigating water runoff, soil erosion, flooding, and biodiversity loss. The investments and adjustments are thus worthwhile, if the program is properly implemented. The challenges are to transform loggers into tree planters and forest managers and to ensure that the financial and institutional commitments by the local and national governments will be materialized.

scholarly journals China’s Natural Forest Protection Program: Progress and impacts

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (02) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Timber Harvest ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Major River ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

This is a brief review on the progress and impacts of China’s Natural Forest Protection Program that was initiated in response to massive flooding in 1998 of the major river basins of China. The program was heavily financed by the central government and was a success in terms of three program goals: timber harvest control in the natural forests; increase in the total area of forest protection; and, the successful resettlement of forest workers who were affected by reduced harvests. The ecological, social, and economic impacts of the program are discussed.

Biomass carbon storage and its sequestration potential of afforestation under natural forest protection program in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wangming Zhou ◽  
Bernard Joseph Lewis ◽  
Shengnan Wu ◽  
Dapao Yu ◽  
Li Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Biomass Carbon ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Sequestration Potential ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

Impact of Natural Forest Protection Program policies on forests in northeastern China

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Yasuto Hori ◽  
Shao-zhou Zhou ◽  
Tetsuya Michinaka ◽  
Yuichiro Hirano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northeastern China ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

scholarly journals Carbon storage of forest vegetation under the Natural Forest Protection Program in Northeast China

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
魏亚伟 WEI Yawei ◽  
周旺明 ZHOU Wangming ◽  
于大炮 YU Dapao ◽  
周莉 ZHOU Li ◽  
方向民 FANG Xiangmin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Forest Vegetation ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program ◽  
Natural Forest Protection

China's Natural Forest Protection Program: evolution, impact and challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-350
Author(s):  
D. Qiao ◽  
W.T. Yuan ◽  
S.F. Ke
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Natural Forest Protection Program

In order to improve environmental conditions and the well-being of its population, China has implemented one of the world's largest ecological rehabilitation projects of the early twenty-first century: The Nat ural Forest Protection Program (NFPP). This program aims to prevent deforestation and conserve natural forests, mainly by banning logging. With heavy central government financing, the NFPP has profound global ecological and socioeconomic impacts. While most previous studies have focused on the positive aspects of the NFPP, some negative aspects should also be examined. Chiefly, the NFPP does not fully address the untapped potential of the natural forest and the uses of this sustainable economic resource, which should be approached using nature-based solutions. Some major policy points in the NFPP, such as forest management, institutional design, diversified funding resources, and comprehensive monitoring, need revision. This study of the NFPP can provide significant insights for other countries addressing urgent environmental issues.

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