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Recent changes in Chinese forestry seen through the lens of Forest Transition theory/Changements recents dans le secteur forestier de la Chine percus a travers la Theorie de la Transition Forestiere/Cambios recientes en el sector forestal de China vistos a traves de la Teoria de la Transicion Forestal

Forest Transition Theory predicts that as a country develops the trend in amount of forested areas will be reversed from decreasing to expanding. As in other regions of the world, China's population growth and increasing per capita consumption have led to both a surge in demand for forest produ...

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Published in:The international forestry review 2013-12, Vol.15 (4), p.456
Main Authors: Rodriguez, L. Gutierrez, Perez, M. Ruiz
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Language:English
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Summary:Forest Transition Theory predicts that as a country develops the trend in amount of forested areas will be reversed from decreasing to expanding. As in other regions of the world, China's population growth and increasing per capita consumption have led to both a surge in demand for forest products and in pressures on forest ecosystems, which together have resulted in forest loss and degradation. This article analyses the historical process of forest transition in China, marked by a long-term decrease in forests followed by the recent recovery. Aside from impressive economic and technological developments, the causes of the forest transition lie in an unprecedented ecological crisis that has prompted an increased environmental awareness and the subsequent implementation of an active conservation policy. The transition in China's forest has also been linked to a displacement of impacts over other regions. Keywords: forest transition, deforestation, forest policies, international impact displacement, China La theorie de la transition forestiere predit une recuperation des forets apres une forte deforestation au fur et a mesure que le pays se developpe. Comme ailleurs, en Chine la croissance de la population et de la consommation per capita se traduit dans une demande croissante des produits forestiers et une pression sur ces ecosystemes, ayant induit la perte et degradation des forets. L'article analyse le processus historique de transition forestiere en Chine, caracterisee par une longue periode de perte des forets suivi par une recuperation recente. En plus d'un etonnant developpement economique et technologique, les causes de la transition forestiere sont liees a une crise ecologique sans precedent qui a fait monter la conscience environnementale et l'application des politiques actives de conservation. La transition forestiere en Chine est aussi associee a un deplacement des impacts sur d'autres regions de la planete. La teoria de la Transicion Forestal predice una recuperation del bosque tras una fuerte deforestation a medida que el pais se desarrolla. Al igual que en otras regiones del mundo, el crecimiento de poblacion y consumo per capita en China ha conducido a una demanda creciente de productos forestales y una presion en ecosistemas forestales, que ha generado perdida y degradation de bosques. El articulo analiza el proceso historico de transicion forestal en China, caracterizada por un largo periodo de disminucion de bosques seguida por su reciente
ISSN:1465-5489