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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2014, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (11): 138-146.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20141119

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Factors Affecting Households' Intentions in Choosing Different Forest Management Models: A Case Study in Sanming, Fujian

Shen Jinyu, Hou Yilei, Wu Jing, Wen Yali   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083
  • Received:2014-04-02 Revised:2014-06-15 Online:2014-11-25 Published:2014-12-04

Abstract:

In attempts to foster sustainable forest management practices, households' intentions in choosing different forestry management models have been widely recognized as a core issue in forest management. This paper analyzed the factors influencing households' intention in choosing individual household management, partnership management and joint shareholding management. Based on data collected through a household survey of 842 households in Sanming, Fujian Province, principal component analysis and multinomial logit model were used to analyze the above-mentioned households' intention. Principal component analysis showed that the three factors of the forest management level, policy and logging quota accounted for 72.21% of the total variance. The multinomial logit model exhibited that household's education level, dispersion degree of forestland, difficulty obtaining logging quota, percentage of forestry income in total household income, forestry management level, number of household labor and policy were found to be the main factors influencing choosing the forestry management model. Thus, the government should fully respect farmers' intentions in choosing forestry management model and guide them to choose the suitable management model in local conditions. Further support should be strengthened to promote the overall forestry development.

Key words: farmers, individual household management, partnership management, joint shareholding management, management intention.

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