China's Grain for Green Program: A Review of the Largest Ecological Restoration and Rural Development Program in the World by Claudio O. Delang, Zhen Yuan (Hardback, 2014)
This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, China's nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and the socioecomic circumstances of hundreds of millions of people. GfG is the largest reforestation, ecological restoration, and rural development initiative in history, combining the biggest investment, the greatest involvement, and the broadest degree of public participation ever. The book is organised in three sections. Part One reviews the history of land management in China from 1949 to 1998, exploring the conditions that led to the introduction of GfG, and comparing it to other reforestation programs. Part Two offers an overview of GfG, describing the timeline of the program, compensation paid to farmers, the rules concerning land and plant selection, the extent to which these rules were followed, the attitudes of farmers towards the program, and the way in which the program is organized and implemented by various state actors. Part Three discusses the impact of the GfG, from both ecological and socio-ecomic standpoints, looking at the ecomic benefits that result from participating in the GfG, the impact of the GfG across local ecomies, the redistribution of the labor force and the sustainability of the program, in particular the question of what will happen to the converted land when payments to farmers end.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer International Publishing Ag
ISBN-10
3319115049
ISBN-13
9783319115047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208857779
Product Key Features
Author
Zhen Yuan, Claudio O. Delang
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Environment & Planning
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
557g
Height
235mm
Width
155mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Cham
Spine
16mm
Content Note
33 Black & White Illustrations, 7 Colour Illustrations, Biography
Date of Publication
07/11/2014
Genre
Environment & Planning
Country of Publication
Switzerland
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