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DOI	10.3390/f12060746
	The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China
	Wang, Yifan; Wang, Dengju; Zhao, Rong
通讯作者	Zhao, R (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Forestry Policy & Informat, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China.
来源期刊	FORESTS
EISSN	1999-4907
出版年	2021
卷号	12 期号:6
英文摘要	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.
英文关键词	ecological forest ranger policy effectiveness poverty alleviation
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000666208200001
WOS关键词	COMMUNITY-BASED FORESTRY ; LIVELIHOODS ; MANAGEMENT ; LESSONS ; POOR ; INCENTIVES ; HOUSEHOLDS ; CAMEROON ; CAMBODIA ; IMPACTS
WOS类目	Forestry
WOS研究方向	Forestry
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350251
作者单位	[Wang, Yifan; Wang, Dengju; Zhao, Rong] Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Forestry Policy & Informat, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yifan,Wang, Dengju,Zhao, Rong. The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China[J],2021,12(6).
APA	Wang, Yifan,Wang, Dengju,&Zhao, Rong.(2021).The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China.FORESTS,12(6).
MLA	Wang, Yifan,et al."The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China".FORESTS 12.6(2021).