Wood trade responses to ecological rehabilitation program: Evidence from China's new logging ban in natural forests

Zhang, Ying; Chen, Shuai

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102339

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“…Notably, once a forest is designated for ecological purposes, normal commercial activities are strictly regulated or prohibited by law. Following a restriction on log production and a sharp rise in timber consumption, the gap between China's wood supply and demand has been widening quickly in recent years [60]. China is now the world's top wood importer since importing from abroad has become the primary remedy for timber scarcity [61].…”

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Is Regulation Protection? Forest Logging Quota Impact on Forest Carbon Sinks in China

Zhang,

He,

Huang

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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As the central part of terrestrial ecosystems, forests have an irreplaceable role in regulating climate, prompting various efforts to protect them. Logging regulation is the most commonly used forest conservation strategy. Although the logging permit scheme was written into the Forest Law in China, its effect on forest carbon sequestration has rarely been subject to careful empirical scrutiny. In this paper, we develop and estimate a spatial econometric model to disentangle its potential effects on forest carbon sinks based on a panel dataset of 29 provinces from 1989 to 2018 in China. Our calculations show that China’s forest carbon sinks are still growing and are connected geographically, with a tendency towards “high-high” and “low-low” aggregation. Increasing the logging quota produced a spatial spillover effect that might encourage the formation of forest carbon sinks in nearby areas. It considerably encouraged the expansion of forest carbon sinks. Additional mechanism testing is consistent with the claim that rising logging quotas have significantly boosted the proportion of timber forests in afforestation but had no effect on the movement of rural labor to urban areas. The development of forest carbon sinks is impacted in different ways by various logging quota types, with an increasing tendency for logging quotas to have a more significant contribution. Additionally, the non-collective forest region has a more significant spatial spillover effect of the logging quota on forest carbon sinks. The logging quota scheme should be improved by policymakers, beginning with eliminating tending quotas in the southern collective forest region. After that, the logging quota would gradually be eliminated nationwide, notably for commercial forests.

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Section: Tradeoff Between Forest Carbon Sinks and Timber Productionmentioning

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Is Regulation Protection? Forest Logging Quota Impact on Forest Carbon Sinks in China

Zhang,

He,

Huang

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…In recent years, with the rapid growth of domestic demand and the development of the wood processing industry, China has become one of the world's leading countries and the largest wood importer in forest product trade [24]. However, according to the official data released by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China in 2022, China's existing forest area is 231 million hectares; the forest coverage rate is 24.02% [25], which is far lower than the global average of 31% [26]; the per capita forest area is only one-fourth of the global per capita level.…”

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“…However, according to the official data released by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China in 2022, China's existing forest area is 231 million hectares; the forest coverage rate is 24.02% [25], which is far lower than the global average of 31% [26]; the per capita forest area is only one-fourth of the global per capita level. Imported wood is the main source of wood demand, especially after China completely stopped commercial logging of natural forests in 2017, thereby providing a huge growth space for imported wood [24]. As an indispensable material resource in the national economy, wood has risen to the status of national strategic materials; therefore, it is necessary to understand the amount of imported wood in China.…”

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Sustainability of Forest Development in China from the Perspective of the Illegal Logging Trade

2023

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The illegal logging trade (ILT) is considered one of the major causes of global deforestation and ecological unsustainability. To prevent the price-suppressing damage caused by ILT to the local wood market and global ecological environment, the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations have taken many actions to deal with it. This study used wood trade data to analyze the current status of ILT in China, summarized the efforts and shortcomings of ILT response actions taken by China, and discussed the possible strategies and sustainable development prospects for combating ILT in China’s future. After studying China’s situation in the field of ILT and analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of China’s measures to deal with ILT, this study found that the volume of ILT gradually increased in China from 2013 to 2020, which might also be one of the reasons for the slowdown in global ecological sustainability. The Chinese government and non-governmental organizations have taken many actions to deal with ILT through legislation, industry supervision, and international cooperation; to date, these response actions have achieved some positive results. Therefore, on this basis, this study proposed that China needs to further limit and manage ILT to achieve sustainable development of forest resources in the future. Strengthening the legislation, especially the restriction of ILT clauses, as a mandatory policy is the most important means to solve the ILT problem, which can provide the legal basis and a reference for other actions. Using economic means to encourage the import of legal wood is also a viable action to crowd out the trade of illegal wood. It is also necessary to promote an international certification system for wood and the standardization and systematization of logging is also a good way to mitigate ILT. Improving the management of wood being imported into China will fill a critical gap at the global scale in dealing with ILT and have positive impacts on combating global ILT.

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“…China fully implemented the commercial logging ban on natural forests in 2017 (Ke et al 2018; Zhang and Chen 2021), and domestic timber processing companies have expanded log imports to meet the needs of the domestic timber market. Russia is not only a major supplier of logs to China, but also a major supplier of logs to the world.…”

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The impact of increases in log import prices under Russia’s control of log exports on the market price of timber products in China

Guan

Zhang

2022

International Wood Products Journal

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Russia is China's main log supplier and has implemented a series of log export control policies. The implementation of Russia's export control policy has inevitably had an impact on China's timber processing industry. This paper uses breakpoint regression to analyse the impact of the increase in the import price of logs under the Russian log export control policy on the market price of timber products in China. The results show that under the control policy, the increase in log import prices had a significant positive impact on the timber product market when April 2008, January 2010 and January 2019 were the breakpoints. Due to the lag effects in price transmission, the impact on China's timber product market was not reflected when July 2007 and January 2018 were the breakpoints. Based on the research conclusions, this paper puts forward some suggestions from the perspective of China's log supply security.

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Wood trade responses to ecological rehabilitation program: Evidence from China's new logging ban in natural forests

Cited by 34 publications

References 31 publications

Is Regulation Protection? Forest Logging Quota Impact on Forest Carbon Sinks in China

Is Regulation Protection? Forest Logging Quota Impact on Forest Carbon Sinks in China

Sustainability of Forest Development in China from the Perspective of the Illegal Logging Trade

The impact of increases in log import prices under Russia’s control of log exports on the market price of timber products in China

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