Abstract
With the evolution of forestry policy, society, and the economy, the relationship between the resources, population, and the economy in key state-owned forest areas has continuously changed, and this has had an important impact on China’s forestry development and protection of resources. Based on the China Forestry Statistical Yearbook and forest resource inventory data, this paper conducts a macroanalysis of the linkages between forest resources, the number of employees, and economic development in key state-owned forest areas from 1975 to 2017. The research results show that in these areas, forestry policies and the external macroenvironment has a strong impact on the relationship between resources, population, and the economy; there is a decoupling relationship between resources and the economy; the population has a restrictive relationship with the economy; and a sustainable development relationship has not yet formed between resources, population, and the economy. Based on these findings, policy suggestions are put forward, including scientific felling and moderate management, introducing and training of high-quality talents, strengthening of industrial reform, and introduction of a market-oriented mechanism.
Highlights
Key state-owned forest areas represent an important means of macro-controlling forestry in China and play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emission
The government forestry policy unilaterally prevented the excessive consumption of resources, and the carbon emission increase with coercive force promoted the upgrading of economic structures and accelerated the decoupling between resource consumption and the economy
In the 1970s and 1980s, the external macroenvironment enhanced the economic and population promotion effect of resource growth through the channel of timber prices, which increased dividends brought by forest resources and stimulated production by enterprises
Summary
Key state-owned forest areas represent an important means of macro-controlling forestry in China and play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emission. These areas are mainly distributed in Jilin, Heilongjiang, and the Inner Mongolia Province. Resolving the relationship among forest resources, population, and the economy in key state-owned forest areas has become an important prerequisite for solving the “three crises” problem and exploring the means of ensuring the efficient development. The characteristics of the main stages and important influencing factors of the development process are discussed in order to analyze the sustainable development of resources, population, and the economy and increase forest carbon sequestration under the current Chinese forestry policy and macroenvironment
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