Status and perspectives on secondary forests in tropical China
Tropical China has relatively low forest cover and faces high pressures for its depleting forests. Following intensive exploitation of its forest resources over several decades, large areas of post-extraction secondary forests exist. These remaining natural forests play very important roles in water...
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oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-11989Status and perspectives on secondary forests in tropical ChinaZ. ZaizhiSecondary forestsLocal communitiesTropical zonesForest landForest resourcesWater resourcesNontimber forest productsTropical China has relatively low forest cover and faces high pressures for its depleting forests. Following intensive exploitation of its forest resources over several decades, large areas of post-extraction secondary forests exist. These remaining natural forests play very important roles in water resources retention, and the supply of small-diameter timber, fuelwood, poles, and non-timber forest products for sustaining the livelihoods of mountain communities. However, the extent of these resources is fast diminishing and most of it is highly degraded.The paper illustrates that the transfer of forest-use rights to local communities can in fact lead to increased forest degradation when implemented in the context of a long history of changing policies on forest-use rights. The paper also suggests that a shortage of financial support, incentive mechanisms, management knowledge and techniques, the over-taxation of wood, and poverty are affecting the management and use of secondary forests. Policy requirements and management options need to be explored for overcoming the constraints to the ecologically and economically viable use of secondary forests, and the integrated development of the communities that depend on this resource.2016-10-25T09:19:41Z2016-10-25T09:19:41Z2001Journal ContributionArticleNon-RefereedJournal Of Tropical Forest Science (Malaysia), 13 (4), p. 639-6510128-1283http://agris.upm.edu.my:8080/dspace/handle/0/11989MY2016051008enhttp://www.frim.gov.my/v1/JTFSOnline/jtfs/v13n4/639-651.pdfhttp://www.oceandocs.org/license |
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Tropical China has relatively low forest cover and faces high pressures for its depleting
forests. Following intensive exploitation of its forest resources over several decades,
large areas of post-extraction secondary forests exist. These remaining natural forests
play very important roles in water resources retention, and the supply of small-diameter
timber, fuelwood, poles, and non-timber forest products for sustaining the livelihoods
of mountain communities. However, the extent of these resources is fast diminishing
and most of it is highly degraded.The paper illustrates that the transfer of forest-use
rights to local communities can in fact lead to increased forest degradation when
implemented in the context of a long history of changing policies on forest-use rights.
The paper also suggests that a shortage of financial support, incentive mechanisms,
management knowledge and techniques, the over-taxation of wood, and poverty are
affecting the management and use of secondary forests. Policy requirements and
management options need to be explored for overcoming the constraints to the
ecologically and economically viable use of secondary forests, and the integrated
development of the communities that depend on this resource. |
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