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Linkage Analysis of the Resources, Population, and Economy in China’s Key State-Owned Forest Areas

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  • Xiaoxiao Zhang

    (School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China)

  • Shuifa Ke

    (School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China)

Abstract

With the evolution of forestry policy, society, and the economy, the relationship between the resources, population, and the economy in key state-owned forest areas has continuously changed, and this has had an important impact on China’s forestry development and protection of resources. Based on the China Forestry Statistical Yearbook and forest resource inventory data, this paper conducts a macroanalysis of the linkages between forest resources, the number of employees, and economic development in key state-owned forest areas from 1975 to 2017. The research results show that in these areas, forestry policies and the external macroenvironment has a strong impact on the relationship between resources, population, and the economy; there is a decoupling relationship between resources and the economy; the population has a restrictive relationship with the economy; and a sustainable development relationship has not yet formed between resources, population, and the economy. Based on these findings, policy suggestions are put forward, including scientific felling and moderate management, introducing and training of high-quality talents, strengthening of industrial reform, and introduction of a market-oriented mechanism.

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  • Xiaoxiao Zhang & Shuifa Ke, 2020. "Linkage Analysis of the Resources, Population, and Economy in China’s Key State-Owned Forest Areas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-17, May.
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