| Author | Zhang, Yuhuan |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.AC-99-43 |
| Subject(s) | Sustainable forestry--China--Sichuan
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. AC-99-43 |
| Abstract | China's government has implemented several large afforestation projects since the end of the 1970s. One of them is the Yangtze Shelterbelt Project. The Yangtze Shelterbelt Project is designed by the Forestry Department, with timber plantations, but carried out by farmers, on collective land. There is a conflict over the land use, because farmers will have no benefits from the afforestation area before the tree growing up, and the collective land will be used for ecological conservation forever, under the Law that the timber is not allowed to be cut. Aimed at seeking ways to meet both government objectives and local people's demand, several pilot community forestry projects have been implemented within the Yangtze Shelterbelt Project area. The one in Quxian County has used participatory approaches for the design of plantations. Forestry management practices include afforestation, maintenance, harvesting and benefit distribution. These activities are linked with each other and carried out through organizations, institutions, and people's participation. Applying this model, this study examines forest management system within the Yangtze Shelterbelt Project and the Pilot Community Forestry Project in Quxian County. The Yangtze Shelterbelt Project was planned by the Forestry Department, has no local people's participation. Design of the Yangtze Shelterbelt Project only includes plantation but has no arrangements on activities of maintenance, harvesting, benefit distribution. Therefore, the forest management system is incomplete and the forest management in the Yangtze Shelterbelt Project area is unsustainble. Planning of the Pilot Community Forestry Project was developed by government planners and local people together. By this process, the field staff have strengthened their ability to work with farmers; farmers begin to welcome plantation. In terms of the fact that the Pilot Community Forestry Project is implemented for one year more, it is too early to evaluate its sustainability. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. AC-99-43 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural, Conservation and Rural Development (AC) |
| Chairperson(s) | Thapa, Gopal B. ;Dale, Reidar (C0-Chairperson); |
| Examination Committee(s) | Zakir Hussain; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government ;Queen Sirikit's Scholarship ;Asian Institute of Technology ;Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association ;The Ford Foundation; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1999 |