The Influences of Livelihood and Land Use on the Variation of Forest Transition in a Typical Mountainous Area of China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area Boundaries
2.2. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Forest Transition Variety
3.2. The Changes in Land Use
3.3. The Changes of Livelihood
4. Discussion
4.1. Interactions and Feedbacks of Land Use, Livelihood and Forest Transition
4.2. The Key Factors Affecting Forest Transition in Land Use and Livelihoods
4.3. The Various Pathways of Forest Transition in Chicheng County
4.4. Policy Suggestions
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Data Collected Locations | Inventory Density | Method | Data Collected Time | Main Topics |
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Agricultural government departments, Forest government departments, Development and Reform departments | Government officials of county level | Semi-structured interviews | April 2018 | Basic natural and geographic condition of county Basic social and economic condition of the village Agricultural and grazing activities The regrowth of forest Main livelihood types |
Chicheng town (Haomenling village) Sandaochuan town (Sandaochuan village) Baicao town (Sidao village) Maying town (Houcungou village) Zhenningpu town (Yangjia village) Houcheng town (Xishan village) Diao’e town (Xiahu village) Longguan town (Balizhuang village) Paoliang town (Hanzhuang village) Tianjiayao town (Jiangjiazhai village) Yunzhou town (Beishagou Village) Dushikou town (Dushikou village) Yangtian town (Shuimoyao village) | 13 government officials of village level and 3 government official of town level | Semi-structured interviews | April 2018 July 2019 | Basic natural and geographic condition of village Basic social and economic condition of the village Main land resources of the village Main land-use types of the village Main crop types and livestock types of the village Basic livelihood of the village in the history Forest cover changes in the history Main land-use policies in the history Main forestry projects in the history Other related policies in the history Ecological payment policies in the history |
120 households interviews | Household questionnaire survey | July 2019 | Family structure Education level of the whole family Main livelihood strategies of the family in history Main land use of the family in the history Human livelihood resources Natural livelihood resources Economic livelihood resources Social livelihood resources Produced livelihood resources Livelihood outcomes Sustainable livelihood outcomes Related policies influenced the livelihood in history | |
Continously | Informal interviews | April 2018 July 2019 | Perception of future livelihood opportunities Perception of future agricultural development Environmental awareness | |
Continous residence in the village | Participant observation | April 2018 July 2019 | Agricultural and grazing activities Main labor types Main daily life in the village The regrowth of forest |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Area of Cultivated Land (ha) | Area of Large-Scale Planting (ha) | Cultivated Land Abandonment (ha) | |||
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2000 | 2018 | 2000 | 2018 | 2000 | 2018 | ||
2003–2005 | Yangjia | 30 | 10 | none | few | none | none |
Hanzhuang | 263 | 143 | none | 60 (mainly planted trees by Forest Burea, partly planted maize by farmers) | none | none | |
Jiangjiazhai | 126 | 93 | none | 20 (mainly planted vegetable) | none | 6 | |
Xiahu | 245 | 153 | none | 57 (mainly planted vegetable, partly planted maize) | none | 13 | |
2010 | Xishan | 200–267 | 125 | seldom | 38 (planted vegetable) | none | few |
2015 | Haomenling | 127 | 127 | none | 100 (planted aronia melanocarpa after 2015) | seldom | small area (after 2012) |
Houcungou | 187 | 92 | none | 33 (planted vegetable) | none | none | |
Balizhuang | 397 | 312 | none | 66.7 (mainly planted maize) | none | 16.7 | |
Sandaochuan | 153 | 80 | none | 60 (planted mushroom after 2012) | none | none | |
Sidao | 300 | 200 | Few | 33–40 (mainly planted maize) | Few (less than 20) | more than 20 |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Livestock Amount | ||
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1975 | 1990–2000 | 2018 | ||
2003–2005 | Yangjia | few | more than 1500 sheep | few (after 2005) |
Hanzhuang | 2000–3000 sheep, 3000 pigs, 150 cattle | about 2000–3000 sheep, 3000 pigs | 200 sheep, 60–70 pigs (after 2003–2004) | |
Jiangjiazhai | much more than 1000 sheep | more than 1000 sheep | 230–240 sheep (after 2003–2004) | |
Xiahu | few | much more than 300–400 sheep | 300–400 sheep, seldom cattle (after 2005), 1000 pigs (after 2018) | |
2010 | Xishan | few | much more than 300 sheep | 300 sheep, 30 donkey (after 2010) |
2015 | Haomenling | less than 1200 | about 1200 (sheep were main) | seldom (after 2015) |
Houcungou | about 100 sheep | about 100 sheep | 100 cattles, 300–400 sheep | |
Balizhuang | not so much | more than 1000 sheep | 300–400 sheep (after 2015) | |
Sandaochuan | 500 cattle, 300 sheep | 500 cattle, 300 sheep | 800 cattle, 300 sheep | |
Sidao | less than 100 cattle | 700–800 cattle, 200 sheep (more than 200 households) | 1500 cattle |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Livelihood Resources | Livelihood Strategies | Livelihood Outcomes |
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2003–2005 | Yangjia | HLR,NLR,ELR,SLR | Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being |
Hanzhuang | HLR,NLR,ELR,SLR | Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
Jiangjiazhai | HLR,NLR,ELR,SLR | Agricultural intensification Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
Xiahu | HLR,NLR,ELR,SLR | Agricultural intensification Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
2010 | Xishan | HLR,NLR,SLR | Agricultural intensification Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being |
2015 | Haomenling | HLR,NLR,SLR | Agricultural intensification Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being |
Houcungou | HLR,NLR,SLR | Agricultural intensification Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
Balizhuang | HLR,NLR,SLR | Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
Sandaochuan | HLR,NLR | Livelihood diversification | More income Increased well-being | |
Sidao | HLR,NLR | Livelihood diversification Migration | More income Increased well-being |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Grazing Work Income | Part-Time Work Income | ||||
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1990 | 2000 | 2018 | 1990 | 2000 | 2018 | ||
2003–2005 | Yangjia | 40% of income | 40% of income | few | 40% of income | 40% of income | 60% of income |
Hanzhuang | 30% of income | 30% of income | 10% of income | 50% of income | 50% of income | 60% of income | |
Jiangjiazhai | 30% of income | 30% of income | 10% of income | 50% of income | 50% of income | 60% of income | |
Xiahu | 40% of income | 30% of income | 10% of income | 10% of income | 30% of income | 50% of income | |
2010 | Xishan | 30% of income | 30% of income | 10% of income | 40% of income | 50% of income | 60% of income |
2015 | Haomenling | half of income | 1/3 of income | few | few | 1/3 of income | 2/3 of income |
Houcungou | 30% of income | 20% of income | 10% of income | 10% of income | 20% of income | 50% of income | |
Balizhuang | 20% of income | 20% of income | 10% of income | 50% of income | 50% of income | 60% of income | |
Sandaochuan | 15% of income | 20% of income | 25% of income | 15% of income | 15% of income | 20% of income | |
Sidao | 10% of income | 40% of income | 40% of income | 40% of income | 30% of income | 40% of income |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Near to Mining Stope | Part-Time Work | Large-Scale Plantation | Ecological Threshold | |
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Vegetable | Fruit Trees | |||||
2003–2005 | Yangjia | Y | Y | Y | ||
Hanzhuang | Y | Y | Y | |||
Jiangjiazhai | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Xiahu | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
2010 | Xishan | Y | Y | Y | ||
2015 | Haomenling | Y | Y | Y | ||
Houcungou | Y | Y | ||||
Balizhuang | Y | Y | Y | |||
Sandaochuan | Y | |||||
Sidao | Y |
Time of Forest Transition | Village | Forest Transition Paths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Economic Development Pathway | Forest Scarcity Pathway | Intensive Land-Use Pathway | ||
2003–2005 | Yangjia | Y | Y | |
Hanzhuang | Y | Y | ||
Jiangjiazhai | Y | Y | Y | |
Xiahu | Y | Y | Y | |
2010 | Xishan | Y | Y | Y |
2015 | Haomenling | Y | Y | Y |
Houcungou | Y | Y | Y | |
Balizhuang | Y | Y | ||
Sandaochuan | Y | Y | ||
Sidao | Y | Y |
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Lu, L.; Huang, A.; Xu, Y.; Marcos-Martinez, R.; Duan, Y.; Ji, Z. The Influences of Livelihood and Land Use on the Variation of Forest Transition in a Typical Mountainous Area of China. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9359. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229359
Lu L, Huang A, Xu Y, Marcos-Martinez R, Duan Y, Ji Z. The Influences of Livelihood and Land Use on the Variation of Forest Transition in a Typical Mountainous Area of China. Sustainability. 2020; 12(22):9359. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229359
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Longhui, An Huang, Yueqing Xu, Raymundo Marcos-Martinez, Yaming Duan, and Zhengxin Ji. 2020. "The Influences of Livelihood and Land Use on the Variation of Forest Transition in a Typical Mountainous Area of China" Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9359. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229359