文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China

作者：Wang, Yifan[1] Wang, Dengju[1] Zhao, Rong[1]

第一作者：王雅菲

通信作者：Zhao, R[1]

机构：[1]Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Forestry Policy & Informat, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China

年份：2021

卷号：12

期号：6

外文期刊名：FORESTS

收录：;EI(收录号：20212510531758);Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85108163025);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000666208200001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000666208200001)】；

基金：This research was funded by the Central Public Research Institutes Fundamental Research Funds for the Project of Chinese Academy of Forestry (grant no. CAFYBB2021QC002) and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration Major Research Project (grant no. 500102-1732).

语种：英文

外文关键词：ecological forest ranger; policy effectiveness; poverty alleviation

摘要：To achieve the dual goal of poverty alleviation and ecological restoration, the policy of ecological forest rangers (EFRs) was implemented in rural poverty-stricken areas in China, where local residents commonly depend on nearby forest resources for livelihoods. This study aimed to analyze the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the EFRs policy in China mainly in poverty alleviation and income growth, with a brief discussion on the ecological effect of the policy. A questionnaire survey was conducted in four counties in the Karst rocky desertification region in southwest China. By combing through the early literature on REDD+, community forestry, leasehold forestry, etc., this paper summarizes the experience and lessons of similar community forest management models, aiming to explain the unsustainability of EFRs policy from the perspective of forest tenure and governance. The findings of the effectiveness analysis of EFRs policy in the four poverty-stricken counties reflect different degrees of effect in rural households with different income levels. We believe that the EFRs policy has played important roles in short-term regional poverty alleviation while its potential for long-term income growth has not been stimulated. For the amendment of EFRs policy, we put forward the following points: (1) It is necessary to redesign the selection and recruitment mechanism, as well as the exit mechanism of EFRs adapting to the local conditions. (2) It is advisable to further improve the local assessment and monitoring system of forest protection quality of EFRs and optimize the establishment of benefit linkage mechanism between protection effectiveness and EFRs remuneration. (3) The EFRs remuneration standards should be dynamically raised to assure the active participation of EFRs in forest protection. Furthermore, there is a need for one more effective integration model of forest protection and rural livelihoods improvement, which is considered as a potential future research direction.