Tenure Security and Investment Effects of Forest Tenure Reform in China

Holden, Stein T.; Yi, Yuanyuan; Jiang, Xuemei; Xu, Jing

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“…Following Holden et al (2009), we also create a property rights index representing the strength of the bundle of rights farmers enjoy, by summing up the scores of each perceived right. Individual households can receive contracts for use rights to forestland and the ownership of trees planted on forest plots.…”

Section: Property Rights Regime Under the Reformmentioning

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“…Both Deininger and Jin (2006) perceived ability to transfer, mortgage or sell land to indicate the transferability of land in their studies. Holden et al (2009) used as their dependent variable whether a household expected to hold a plot after five years in their analysis of plot-level tenure security in three provinces of China (Fujian, Jiangxi and Yunnan). Hence this study also adopts this variable.…”

Section: Farmers' Perception On Tenure Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Holden et al (2009) used as their dependent variable whether a household expected to hold a plot after five years in their analysis of plot-level tenure security in three provinces of China (Fujian, Jiangxi and Yunnan). We also follow Holden et al (2009) as to how to score the answer to the question of whether the respondent expects to hold the plot after five years. This is a satisfactory proxy for perceived tenure security, mainly because tenure security is a subjective variable, which means that there hardly exists an objective measurement for it.…”

Section: Farmers' Perception On Tenure Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

Yi¹,

Köhlin²,

Xu³

2013

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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This paper assesses how tenure reform in China's collective forest sector affects Chinese farmer households' perception of tenure security and propensity to invest in their forestland. A large database consisting of information from 3,180 households in eight provinces from south to north is used to explore factors correlated with more strongly perceived tenure security and determinants of forest-related investment. The study adds to the limited research testing whether there is endogenous causality between investment and tenure security in forestland, and finds that investment was not undertaken to enhance tenure security. In addition, the data allow for differentiation between perceived tenure security and contracted use and transferability rights. Overall, stronger contracted rights were found to affect investment. China's forest tenure reform -where individual households can manage forestland, empowered by legal certification and stronger contract rights -has thus enhanced tenure security and encouraged forest investment.

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Section: Property Rights Regime Under the Reformmentioning

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Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

Yi¹,

Köhlin²,

Xu³

2013

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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“…However, there are few studies that investigate the relationship between forest tenure and forestland rental market; a lacuna we address in this paper. To the best of our knowledge, only Holden et al (), Kimura et al (), and Zhu et al () have analyzed the effect of forest tenure factors on forestland rentals in China.…”

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Property rights integrity, tenure security and forestland rental market participation: Evidence from Jiangxi Province, China

Zhou

Shi

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Natural Resources Forum

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The decentralization of property rights is the focus of the forest tenure reforms in several developing countries. In China, it was achieved by the launch of a new round of collective forest tenure reform beginning in 2003, which provided farmers with more integrated and secure forestland rights. Drawing on household data collected in Jiangxi province in 2011 and 2013, this paper examines the impacts of households’ recognition of property rights and improved tenure security on forestland rental activities. Our empirical results show that households with higher perceptions of more complete use rights and mortgage rights have a lower probability and intensity of renting‐in land, while households with lower expectations of future forestland redistribution or expropriation are more likely to rent in forestland and more of it. These results imply that the development of a forestland rental market leading to better forest management requires an integrated forestland management approach consisting of decentralization of property rights and village governance. In particular, the central government may further clarify the rights and obligations affiliated to forestland ownership, contractual rights, and management rights; while the village collective may shift from direct intervention in the integrity and security of forestland rights to the supervision and protection of decentralized forestland rights to increase efficiency from the decentralization of property rights.

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“…In such cases, only the individual use rights were granted to the sub-divided parcels, or the traditional community management system was maintained. A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 13 with group use rights (Holden et al, 2013). Such changes were not imposed from above but 1 voluntarily made by forest users.…”

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In Search of Optimum Institutions for Forest Management

Otsuka

Takahashi

Pokharel

2014

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

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6There is a variety of forest management institutions ranging from state management to community 7 and private management. This article attempts to identify the conditions under which one 8 institution outperforms the others in the efficiency of forest management based on a review of the 9 literature, empirical evidence on the dominant forest management institutions, and theoretical 10 arguments. In conclusion, we argue that the community management system performs best for 11 non-timber forests, whereas a mixed management system, in which forest protection is carried out 12 communally and tree management is carried out individually, is likely to work best for timber 13 forests. 14

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Tenure Security and Investment Effects of Forest Tenure Reform in China

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Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

Property rights integrity, tenure security and forestland rental market participation: Evidence from Jiangxi Province, China

In Search of Optimum Institutions for Forest Management

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