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Forests offer the potential for implementing nature-based solutions that provide simultaneously economic, social, and environmental benefits. Forests and Land-use are part of a larger initiative to…
19 April 2023 | Report |Abstract This paper evaluates whether the devolution reform of forestland to household management improves allocative efficiency and household welfare through participation in forestland rental…
13 December 2022 | Peer Reviewed | China
Afforestation, that is planting forests increase employment and investments and is beneficial for the environment. But it's important to choose the right type of forest.
1 March 2022 | EfD Discussion Paper | ChinaAre COVID-19 spread and mortality related to different countries’ government mobility restriction policies, democratic institutions, and cultural norms? Leveraging data from 140 countries, we find…
21 March 2022 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaTo encourage sustainable use of forests, in 2003 China allowed rural villages to choose among a range of options to manage forests, including individual user rights with joint management. We studied…
5 November 2020 | Research Brief | ChinaThis paper examines ethnic differences in fuelwood consumption in rural households, using an original survey dataset from two western Chinese provinces with large ethnic minority populations. We use a…
13 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaSince 2003, China has implemented a large-scale forest devolution reform by giving villages the right to devolve tenure rights of collectively owned forests to households. Some villages chose no…
29 June 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | China, Global HubA growing interest has recently been placed on the potential of nature-based solutions to help mitigate climate change, reflecting the importance of natural ecosystems as sources and sinks for…
2 April 2021 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThe recent Collective Forest Tenure Reform in China has started the process of devolving forest management rights from village collectives to households since 2003. In this paper, we study the impact…
15 January 2018 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThis 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…
14 May 2013 | Peer Reviewed | China, Global Hub