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Although China is generally considered to have suffered continuous deforestation over most of its history, forests were protected or even planted and maintained for centuries in some places. This study identifies six such cases. It uses historical evidence to show that individuals and communities act to manage resources sustainably for a number of reasons including economic benefit, religious or symbolic purposes, and that sustainability of the management system depends on the form of control exerted over the resource.
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Nicholas K. Menzies
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Book Title: Forest and Land Management in Imperial China
Authors: Nicholas K. Menzies
Series Title: Studies on the Chinese Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230372870
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-10254-8Published: 11 November 1994
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37287-0Published: 01 September 1994
Series ISSN: 2947-227X
Series E-ISSN: 2947-2288
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 175
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Environmental Management, Microeconomics, Modern History, Asian History