Historical Changes of the possession and management method of Collective Forest in Southern China : A Case Study on the Hunan

摘要

In recent years, the ownership state and management pattern of the collective forest in the southern China have been experiencing a dramatic reform, which focuses on the unification and separation of the forest's ownership and management right between the collective and farmers. After the forest ownership and management right have been delivered to the farmer, and with the management at a moderate scale, the policy more definitized and stabilized, the farmer's forest management incentive is inspired and thus, forestry has been developed. However, the past indefinitive ownership and management right of collectivization hindered the incentive of the farmer, and the immoderate and unlicensed deforestation was widespread, which resulted in the serious forest resources destruction. Consequently, the forest destruction harmed the foundational base for forestry development.