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Forest Tenure Reform in China

Results and Lessons from the EU-SFA-FAO China Forest Tenure Project

Year of publication 2013

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Forestry Department)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The China Forest Tenure Project was implemented by the State Forest Administration (SFA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). An appreciation of the lessons learned from the project requires an understanding of the context in which it operated. For that purpose, a brief sketch of the history of tenure reform in China is presented here, followed by a discussion of the tenure process and background information on policy and regulatory constraints.

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