Description: China : From Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation and Natural Forest Management

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China : From Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation and Natural Forest Management

This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review of the entire set of lending and nonlen...

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Main Authors:	Rozelle, Scott, Huang, Jikun, Husain, Syed Arif, Zazueta, Aaron
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BOXES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FORMATION CARBON DEFORESTATION ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EROSION EROSION CONTROL EXPENDITURES FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMS FOREST FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST DEVELOPMENT FOREST DWELLERS FOREST LAND FOREST LAND USE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PLANTATIONS FOREST POLICIES FOREST POLICY FOREST PRESERVATION FOREST PRODUCT FOREST REGIONS FOREST RESOURCE FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FOREST SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREST SECTOR MANAGEMENT FOREST STOCK FOREST STRATEGY FORESTRY FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY OPERATIONS FORESTRY PROJECTS FORESTS GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IMPORTS INCOME INSURANCE INTEREST RATES ISOLATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND TENURE LAWS LOGGING LOGGING EQUIPMENT LOGS LUMBER MANAGERS MARKETING NATURAL FORESTS OIL OLD GROWTH FORESTS PAPER INDUSTRY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE SECTOR PULP PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY QUOTAS REFORESTATION REGIONAL FOREST RESERVES SOCIAL ISSUES STATE FORESTRY STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TIMBER TIMBER PLANTATIONS TIMBER PRODUCTION TIMBER PRODUCTS TIMBER RESOURCES TIMBER SUPPLY TRADEOFFS TREES TROPICAL MOIST FORESTS WASTE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WOOD WOOD PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/20153954/china-afforestation-poverty-alleviation-natural-forest-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20394

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Summary:	This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review of the entire set of lending and nonlending activities of the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility. This OED study finds that while China's forest program was highly successful, much remains to be done. Too little is known, for example, about the distribution of benefits between households and production and marketing units. The implications of the recent logging ban require careful analysis. Policy reforms, particularly for state-owned enterprises, must still be completed. Data on what is happening in China's forests is inadequate to support a firm judgment, particularly regarding the country's natural forests. There is almost a complete absence of systematic knowledge about the nation's current stock and future trends of the supply, demand, marketing, and trade for timber and some key non-timber products. Finally China has graduated from IDA funding to IBRD lending, a prospect believed to have serious consequences for the most innovative aspect of China's program, a "responsibility system," that ensures a high level of ownership for the protection of the country's forests. In addition, recent controversies regarding the treatment of indigenous peoples in Xizang are already increasing risks for the Bank's new style forest sector investments, which have tended to focus on the poorest mountain populations, many of which include ethnic minorities.