China - Changjiang/Pearl River Watershed Rehabilitation Project : environmental and social assessment (Vol. 3 of 8) : Forestry guideline

Page 1 1 E1238, Vol. 3 Forestry guideline Catalogue 1. Introduction 1.1 The general situation of the project regions 1.1.1 Status of water and soil erosion 1.1.1.1 The rate of erosion area 1.1.1.2 The extent of soil erosion 1.1.2 Poverty degree 1.1.3 The land resource 1.2 The importance of forestry in this project 1.3 The sub-area of the project regions 1.3.1 The project regions in Yunan Province 1.3.2 The project regions in Guizhou Province 1.3.3 The project regions in Hubei Province 1.3.4 The project regions in Chongqing City 1.4 References of Forestry guide-book 1.4.1 Laws and regulations related to Forestry guideline 1.4.2 Information about the project 1.4.3 Other information 1.5 Main contents and usage method 1.5.1 main contents 1.5.2 Usage method 2 The assura nce of the land usage rights or management rights 2.1 The ownership pattern of forestland in the project regions 2.2 The main conflicts and problems resulted from current ownership pattern of forestland 2.2.1 Farmers who contract or management forestland cannot gain direct economic incomes from timber 2.2.2 The long-term ecological benefit and the direct economic benefit gained by peasants present the inverse rate 2.3 New problems brought by reformation of the forest ownership 2.3.1 If it bring to the phenomena of new slash and denudation or not? 2.3.2 The external funds flows into in great quantities would impact to the benefits of local farmers in poor region Page 2 2 2.3.3 If forestland of water and soil conversation forest (grassland) suits to reformation of forest ownership? 2.4 The common procedure of gaining management right of forestland by farmers, some problems should be noticed and correlative support of laws 2.4.1 Obtaining the right of land management 2.4.1.1 Contract directly 2.4.1.2 Containing land management right by subcontracting, lending, interchange, transfer and other modes 2.4.2 Obtaining the usage and management duration of land 2.5 Contract 2.5.1 Contract of contracting 2.5.1.1 Regulation of state 2.5.1.2 Local regulation of Yunnan Province 2.5.2 Circulation contract 2.6 Contract charge 2.7 Definitude land use and management range 2.7.1 Cultivated land and basic farmland are protected by state laws 2.7.2 Usage and management range of contracting or circulation land are agreed by contract 2.8 Settle of dispute of land use rights 2.8.1 State regulations 2.8.2 Local regulations of Guizhou Province 2. 9 Products ownership, harvesting right and discretion 2.9.1 The products ownership, harvesting right and discretion of contracting forestland 2.9.1.1 The ownership 2.9.1.2 Cutting right 2.9.2 Products ownership, harvesting right and discretion of exploitation and management barren hills and barren land 3 Choosing forestland management types 3.1 Confirm types according to contracting contract and management duration of land 3.1.1 Limited by contracting contract of land 3.1.2 Limited by management duration of land 3.2 Choosing workable types considering natural and social economic factors 3.2.1 Consider natural conditions 3.2.1.1 Landform and relief 3.2.1.2 Mother rock and soil 3.2.1.3 Weather 3.2.2 Consider social economic factors 3.2.2.1 Consider investment and income Page 3 3 3.2.2.2 Consider risk charged with individuals 3.3 Consider field management 3.3.1 Consider daily field management 3.3.2 Management of products and producing process 3.4 Confirm idiographic management types after design by farmer