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Reforestation Programs in Southwest China: Reported Success, Observed Failure, and the Reasons Why
引用本文:Christine Jane Trac Stevan Harrell Thomas M. Hinckley Amanda C. Henck. Reforestation Programs in Southwest China: Reported Success, Observed Failure, and the Reasons Why[J]. 山地科学学报, 2007, 4(4): 275-292. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-007-0275-1
作者姓名:Christine Jane Trac Stevan Harrell Thomas M. Hinckley Amanda C. Henck
作者单位:Department of Biology University of Washington,Department of Anthropology Box 353010 University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 USA,College of Forest Resources University of Washington,Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington
摘    要:Ever since the disastrous floods of 1998, the Chinese government has used the Natural Forest Protection and Sloping Land Conversion Programs to promote afforestation and reforestation as means to reduce runoff, control erosion, and stabilize local livelihoods. These two ambitious programs have been reported as large-scale successes, contributing to an overall increase in China’s forest cover and to the stated goals of environmental stabilization. A small-scale field study at the project level of the implementation of these two programs in Baiwu Township, Yanyuan County, Sichuan, casts doubt upon the accuracy and reliability of these claims of success; ground observations revealed utter failure in some sites and only marginal success in others. Reasons for this discrepancy are posited as involving ecological, economic, and bureaucratic factors. Further research is suggested to determine whether these discrepancies are merely local aberrations or represent larger-scale failures in reforestation programs.

关 键 词:中国 西南地区 造林项目 森林
收稿时间:2007-08-29
修稿时间:2007-08-29

Reforestation programs in Southwest China: Reported success, observed failure, and the reasons why
Christine Jane Trac,Stevan Harrell,Thomas M. Hinckley,Amanda C. Henck. Reforestation programs in Southwest China: Reported success, observed failure, and the reasons why[J]. Journal of Mountain Science, 2007, 4(4): 275-292. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-007-0275-1
Authors:Christine Jane Trac  Stevan Harrell  Thomas M. Hinckley  Amanda C. Henck
Affiliation:(1) Department of Biology, University of Washington, USA;(2) College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, USA;(3) Department of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington, USA;(4) Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Abstract:Ever since the disastrous floods of 1998, the Chinese government has used the Natural Forest Protection and Sloping Land Conversion Programs to promote afforestation and reforestation as means to reduce runoff, control erosion, and stabilize local livelihoods. These two ambitious programs have been reported as large-scale successes, contributing to an overall increase in China’s forest cover and to the stated goals of environmental stabilization. A small-scale field study at the project level of the implementation of these two programs in Baiwu Township, Yanyuan County, Sichuan, casts doubt upon the accuracy and reliability of these claims of success; ground observations revealed utter failure in some sites and only marginal success in others. Reasons for this discrepancy are posited as involving ecological, economic, and bureaucratic factors. Further research is suggested to determine whether these discrepancies are merely local aberrations or represent larger-scale failures in reforestation programs.
Keywords:Forests  afforestation  reforestation  grain-to-green  natural forest protection plan  China  Sichuan  Liangshan
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