| Preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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Chapter 1 Ecological crisis, forest protection and payment schemes |
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1.1.1 China's forest resources |
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1.1.2 China's economic development and ecological crisis |
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1.1.3 Historical transitions in forestry |
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1.1.4 Payments for environmental services around the world |
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21 | (1) |
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1.1.5 Emerging payment schemes in an era of ecological crisis |
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1.3 Central research questions |
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1.4 Outline of the thesis |
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Chapter 2 Theoretical perspectives on payment schemes for forest ecosystem services |
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2.2 Ecological Modernization Theory and China |
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2.2.1 The development of Ecological Modernization Theory |
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2.2.2 Ecological modernization as a social theory in China |
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2.2.3 Ecological modernization as a political program in China |
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2.3 Ecological Modernization Theory and forestry |
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2.3.1 Economizing ecology |
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2.3.2 Political modernization: the role of states |
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2.4 Policy theories and forestry policy analysis |
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2.5 Approaches to evaluating environmental policy |
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2.6 An evaluative framework for payment schemes |
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2.6.1 Institutional setting as the context |
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2.6.2 The mechanism of payment schemes |
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2.6.3 Forest use practice |
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2.6.4 Evaluating the performance of FES payment schemes |
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Chapter 3 China's forest policies - a historical transition to ecological conservation |
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3.2 A history of forest resources management in China |
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3.3 China's forestry administrative system and its organizations |
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3.4 China's forest resources management policies |
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3.4.1 Forest property right arrangements |
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3.4.2 Forestland management policies |
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3.4.3 Classification-based management |
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3.4.4 Forest logging management |
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3.5 China forestry ecological conservation projects |
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3.5.1 Conversion of Cropland into Forest and Grassland Program |
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3.5.2 Natural Forest Protection Program |
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3.5.3 Other forestry ecological conservation projects |
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3.6 China's policy on payment for ecosystem services |
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3.6.1 General background on China's payment for ecological services |
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3.6.2 China's payment policies for forest ecological services |
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Intermezzo: research methodology |
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I.3 Methods of data collection |
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Chapter 4 Emergence of local payment schemes for forest ecological services in Fujian Province |
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4.2 Institutional setting for payment schemes in Fujian |
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4.2.1 Classification-based forest management in Fujian |
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4.2.2 Collective forest tenure reform in Fujian |
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4.2.3 Political willingness of government for PES |
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4.3 Payment schemes in Fujian Province |
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4.4 Evaluating payment schemes for environmental services |
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4.4.1 Introduction to the case site |
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4.4.3 Performance of the payment schemes of Fujian province |
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Chapter 5 Implementing payment schemes for forest ecological services in a poverty-stricken area - Guangxi |
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5.2 Institutional setting for payment schemes in Guangxi |
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5.2.1 State-owned forest farms and villages for public benefit forest management |
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5.2.2 Classification-based forest management and public benefit forest management policies |
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5.2.3 Forestry industrial policy in Guangxi |
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5.3 Payment schemes in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region |
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5.4 Introduction on the case sites |
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5.5 Implementation of survey |
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5.6 Evaluation on the implementation of payment policy by state-owned forest farms |
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5.6.1 Environmental effectiveness |
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5.6.2 Cost benefit analysis and efficiency |
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5.7 Evaluation of the implementation of payment policy by villages |
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5.7.1 Environmental effectiveness |
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5.7.2 Cost benefit analysis and livelihood impact |
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5.7.3 Participation mechanism |
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5.8 Discussion and conclusion |
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Chapter 6 Payment schemes in the transition of collective forest tenure in Liaoning |
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6.2 Institutional setting for payment schemes in Liaoning province |
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130 | (7) |
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6.2.1 Institutional arrangement for public benefit forest management |
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131 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Collective forest tenure reform in Liaoning Province |
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132 | (4) |
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6.2.3 Forestry industrial development as a solution |
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136 | (1) |
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6.3 Payment schemes in Liaoning Province |
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137 | (1) |
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6.4 Performance of the payment schemes |
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6.4.1 Introduction to the case site |
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139 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Implementation of survey |
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140 | (2) |
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6.4.3 Payment policy evaluation |
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142 | (13) |
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155 | (4) |
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7.2 Comparison of the cases |
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7.2.1 Various payment schemes |
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160 | (2) |
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7.2.2 Environmental effectiveness |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (5) |
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170 | (3) |
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7.2.5 The specific character of Chinese PES |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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7.3 Reflection on research and conceptual framework |
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174 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Reflection on the evaluative framework |
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174 | (3) |
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7.3.2 Reflection on research methods |
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177 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Reflection on Ecological Modernization Theory for China's forest sector |
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177 | (1) |
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7.4 Implication and recommendations for payment policies |
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178 | (2) |
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7.5 Recommendations for further research |
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180 | (11) |
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181 | (10) |
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Appendix A List of interviewees |
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191 | (2) |
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Appendix B Interview guide for local officers in forest management and protection |
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193 | (2) |
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Appendix C Questionnaire for farmer households involved in the payment schemes for forest ecosystem services |
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Appendix D Survey questionnaires on the cost and benefit of public benefit forest management |
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202 | (6) |
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Appendix E Questionnaire on the quality of the public benefit forest |
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| Summary |
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| About the author |
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