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For Selected: Download Citations EndNote Reference Manager ProCite BibTeX RefWorks Toggle Thumbnails Select Economic Conversion Efficiency of Forest Ecological Capital in National Pilot Area of China and Its Influencing Factors Fanbin Kong,Wenjie Cheng,Caiyao Xu,Yu Lu,Yueqin Shen Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 1-11.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220450 Abstract （499）   HTML （40）    PDF （1032KB）（368）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: This study aims to provide a scientific basis for improving the ecological product value realization mechanism and promoting the high-quality development of the forest ecological capital-rich regional economy, through investigating the economic conversion efficiency of forest ecological capital in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province in China, the pilot area of the national ecological product value realization mechanism, and clarifying the efficiency mechanism of forest ecological capital promoting regional economic growth. Method: In this study, a forest ecological capital input-output index system was constructed.The super-efficient SBM-Malmquist model, least squares (OLS) model, fixed effect and random effect model, and spatio-temporal geographic weighted regression model (GTWR) were used to analyze the efficiency, change characteristics, main influencing factors and influencing mechanism of the economic conversion of forest ecological capital in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province from 2011 to 2019, with the help of Stata and ArcGIS software. Result: Forest ecological capital had a positive impact on regional economic growth, that was, under the condition of keeping factors, such as forestry labor, physical capital and forest land area, unchanged, the marginal efficiency of economic growth increased by 0.076% for every 1% increase in forest ecological capital, which had a positive effect on regional economic growth.Overall, the regional openness in Suichang County, Qingyuan County and Longquan City had a significant positive impact on the economic conversion efficiency of forest ecological capital, but there was a negative correlation between the two in the other regions.The improvement of per capita disposable income had a good role in promoting the economic conversion efficiency of forest ecological capital in most areas.The industrial structure of Jingning County and Longquan City had a significant positive impact on the economic conversion efficiency of forest ecological capital, while the industrial structure in the other regions had a significant negative impact on the economic conversion efficiency of forest ecological capital.In general, the influencing factors had obvious characteristics of spatial-temporal heterogeneity. Conclusion: The economic conversion of forest ecological capital and the efficient promotion of regional economic growth are not only limited by regional natural resource endowments and the investment of science and technology, talents and funds, but also rely on scientific and reasonable allocation of production factors.Therefore, it is necessary to improve the rational allocation of forest ecological capital factors under environmental and resource constraints, reduce resource misallocation, and promote the coordinated improvement of factor agglomeration level and economic growth efficiency. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics Select Impact of Value Realization of Forest Ecological Products on County Level Development Gaps: A Case Study of 26 Counties in Mountainous Regions of Zhejiang Province Caiyao Xu,Ning Wang,Fanbin Kong,Yueqin Shen Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 12-30.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220782 Abstract （354）   HTML （21）    PDF （1284KB）（473）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: Within the context of promoting common prosperity for all people, the impacts of value realization of forest ecological products on the development gaps of 26 mountainous counties of Zhejiang Province were studied in order to provide a scientific basis for formulating policies for common prosperity in mountainous counties with rich forest resources. Method: Based on the panel data of 26 mountainous counties of Zhejiang Province from 2001 to 2020, a system of indicators for multi-dimensional assessment of development level at counties was developed to measure the development levels of counties and the development gaps among counties.A quantitative analysis of the impacts of value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on development gaps among counties were conducted by means of remote sensing and geographic information system technologies, InVEST model, Super-SBM model and two-way fixed effect model. Result: 1) The overall development level of the 26 mountainous countiesshowed an increasing trend from 2001 to 2020, and the development gaps among the counties showed an expansion first and followed by a narrowing, featured as an 'inverted U curve'.2) From 2001 to 2020, the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products in the 26 mountainous counties increased significantly, and slightly higher in counties based on ecological development than those based on leap development.3) The improvement of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products can effectively narrow the development gaps among counties, and slightly better in counties based on leap development than those based ecological development.4) The value realization efficiency of forest ecological products can narrow the county development gaps by improving the output value of forestry secondary and tertiary industries, the level of technology application and human capital. Conclusion: The value realization efficiency of forest ecological products and county development level in the 26 mountainous counties of Zhejiang Province showed a significant upward trend from 2001 to 2020.Factors such as industrial development, technological progress and qualification of human resources affected the value realization of forest ecological products and the performance of promoting balanced and coordinated development of counties.Therefore, each county unit needs to make efforts from the aspects of innovating the integrated development model of forest ecological industry, improving the ability of technology application and operation management, and enhancing the complementary advantages and holistic development among counties, so as to comprehensively improve the efficiency of transforming the resource advantages of "lucid water and lush mountains" to invaluable assets, promote the coordinated and high-quality development of mountainous counties, and take the lead in building a demonstration model of common prosperity in mountainous counties with high-quality development. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics Select Impact of the Realization of Values of Forest Ecological Products on the Urban-Rural Gap in Zhejiang Province Fanbin Kong,Mingye Cui,Caiyao Xu,Yu Lu,Yueqin Shen Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 31-43.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220777 Abstract （288）   HTML （18）    PDF （3611KB）（214）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: Narrowing the gap between urban and rural development is an important link in achieving common prosperity for all people.Building a multi-dimensional assessment system to measure the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products and the urban-rural gap, and analyze the impact of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on the urban-rural gap and its mechanism, so as to provide a scientific basis for formulating and improving urban and rural common prosperity planning and policies in the new era and new journey. Method: Based on the panel data of 11 districts and cities in Zhejiang Province from 2001 to 2020, the double fixed effect static panel model was used to analyze the impact of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on the urban-rural gap, and the mechanism was analyzed from four aspects: urban-rural income gap, urban-rural consumption gap, urban-rural employment gap, and urban-rural public service gap. Result: 1) From 2001 to 2020, the achievement rate of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products in Zhejiang Province was relatively low, and the overall situation was fluctuating.The average efficiency of value realization of forest ecological products in district-divided cities in the past 20 years was ranked as follows: Jiaxing> Jinhua> Taizhou> Zhoushan> Huzhou> Shaoxing> Ningbo> Wenzhou> Hangzhou> Lishui.2) From 2001 to 2020, the urban-rural gap in Zhejiang Province showed a declining trend in general, and the urban-rural development gaps among the district-divided cities were obviously heterogeneous.In the past 20 years, the average value of urban-rural gap of each city was ranked as follows: Jiaxing < Huzhou < Zhoushan < Ningbo < Hangzhou < Shaoxing < Wenzhou < Taizhou < Jinhua < Quzhou < Lishui.3) The impact of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on the urban-rural gap shows an overall "inverted U-shaped" development trend with an increase first followed by a decrease.4) The efficiency of the value realization of forest ecological products can influence and narrow the urban-rural gap through the number of non-agricultural employment, agricultural, forestry and water expenditure, and the per capita transfer income of rural residents. Conclusion: All district-divided cities should, according to their respective forest resources, innovate the value added model of forest ecological products, improve the forest ecological compensation mechanism, the marketization promotion mechanism of forest ecological industry and the benefit sharing mechanism of ecological industry development, broaden the path to realize the value of forest ecological products, actively absorb rural labor forces, and improve the level of rural non-agricultural income and forest resource property income, transform the advantages of Zhejiang's forest resources into the advantages of urban and rural common prosperity. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics Select Impact of Value Realization of Forest Ecological Products on Urban-Rural Income Gap in 26 Mountainous Counties of Zhejiang Province Fanbin Kong,Ning Wang,Caiyao Xu,Yu Lu,Yueqin Shen Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 44-58.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220776 Abstract （296）   HTML （11）    PDF （1094KB）（199）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: Within the context of common prosperity for all people, this paper studies the influencing mechanism of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on the income gap between urban and rural areas in 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province, in order to provide a scientific basis for the establishment of the value realization mechanism of ecological products and the planning and policy formulation for promoting common prosperity in mountainous counties with rich forest resources. Method: Based on the statistical data of 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province from 2001 to 2020, the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products was measured by means of geographic information system (ArcGIS), InVEST model and Super-SBM model.The two-way fixed effect model was used to test the impact of the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products on the urban-rural income gap, and the path mechanism of the impact was clarified. Result: 1) From 2001 to 2020, the value realization efficiency of forest ecological products in 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province has been significantly improved, which is manifested in the obvious increase of the number of the medium and high-efficiency areas.The value realization efficiency of forest ecological products in ecological development counties is higher than that in leap-forward development counties.2) The efficiency improvement of value realization of forest ecological products has a positive effect on narrowing the urban-rural income gap in 26 counties and has a greater marginal effect on narrowing the urban-rural income gap in leap-forward development counties.3) The improvement of value realization efficiency of forest ecological products narrowing urban-rural income gap is mainly achieved through pure technical efficiency, and the impact of scale efficiency on urban-rural income gap is not significant. Conclusion: The value realization effect of forest ecological products in 26 counties in mountainous areas of Zhejiang Province has been greatly improved, and remarkable achievements have been made in exploring the transformation mode of "two mountains".The 26 counties in the mountainous area should pay attention to optimizing the allocation of fiscal expenditure scale, improving the degree of opening to the outside world, grasping technological innovation and increasing investment in forestry scientific research, and continue to make good use of the advantages of forest resources to continuously promote the economic growth of 26 counties in mountainous areas, so as to continuously narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics Select Influence of Socialized Forestry Services on the Income Gap of Rural Households Wenmei Liao,Jing Lin,Yueqin Shen,Fanbin Kong Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 59-73.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220729 Abstract （342）   HTML （6）    PDF （1127KB）（199）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: To narrow the income gaps among farmers is an important link to achieve common prosperity in rural areas.Quantitative analysis of the impact of socialized forestry services on the income gap of peasant households and its mechanism was conducted to improve the socialized forestry service system in the new era and new journey and to help achieve the common prosperity of rural planning and policy decision-making. Methods: Based on the theories of division of labor and specialization effect, optimization of family labor allocation and promotion of forestland circulation and management, the analysis framework of the impact of socialization of forestry services on household income gap of farmers was constructed.The survey data of 2 413 households in Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi provinces (region) were used and the unconditional quantile regression model was applied to test the impact of socialized forestry services on household income gap, as well as to analyze the difference and decomposition effect of different adoption degrees of socialized forestry services. Results: 1) Socialized forestry services had a significant increase effect on the income level of farmer households, and the increase effect on low-income households was greater, which was conducive to narrowing the income gap of farmers' households.2) There were significant differences in the marginal contribution of socialized forestry services to the household income of farmers with different income levels.The socialized forestry services could significantly reduce the Gini coefficient, and the lower the income level, the greater the marginal contribution, the socialized forestry services could help narrow the income gap of rural households.3) The coefficient effect dominated the widening of rural household income gap.Among them, whether the head of the household is a village cadre, the proportion of forestry income, the degree of woodland fragmentation, the distance between the village and the county town, and the terrain were the main factors affecting the coefficient effect at the income levels of Q10-Q90.4) The average adoption degree of socialized forestry services was 0.354, and forestry socialized services had a good income increase effect on households with low adoption level, and the income gap of households was mainly dominated by the characteristic effect. Conclusions: It needs to attach great importance and give full play to the positive role of socialized forestry services in reducing the income gaps among farm households, through continuous improvement of supportive policies on demand and supply of socialized forestry services for low-income farmer households, implementation of targeted incentives to stimulate and encourage farmers to actively adopt socialized forestry services to form a "demand promotes supply and supply drives demand" virtuous cycle pattern. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics Select Influence of Forest Resource Development Project on the Urban-Rural Income Gap in Old Revolutionary Regions Dan Pan,Luyi Luo,Yi Yu,Fanbin Kong Scientia Silvae Sinicae    2023, 59 (1): 74-89.   DOI: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220730 Abstract （259）   HTML （8）    PDF （1621KB）（140）       Knowledge map    Save Objective: In the context of promoting common prosperity to achieve the ambitious goal of Chinese-style modernization, we investigate the effect of the implementation of forest resource development project on county's urban-rural income gap in the less-developed regions and the underlying mechanism, thus to provide a basis to support common prosperity and Chinese-style modernization in the less developed regions in the new era. Method: Based on county-level panel data of 650 less-developed regions in 28 provinces in China from 2008 to 2019, we analyze the effect of forest resource development on their urban-rural income gap using the spatial Durbin model, and analyze its impact mechanism from income effect and employment effect. Result: 1) The forest resource development project enlarged the effect on the urban-rural income gap in the less-developed regions, adjacent regions and all regions as a whole, specifically, a 1% increase in afforestation area leading to an expansion of the gap by 0.035, 0.200, and 0.236 in the three types of regions, respectively.2) Forest resource development project widens the overall urban-rural income gap mainly by reducing the income of rural residents and increasing the income of urban residents in the less-developed regions.3) Mechanism analysis shows that due to the constraints of ecological protection, human capital, and geographical location in the less-developed regions, the effects of forest resource development project on income and employment are not significant, which makes the less-developed regions fall into the "forest resource curse" phenomenon characterized by "abundant forest resources but slow economic growth", thus increasing their urban-rural income gap.Specifically, the forest resource development project has no significant effect on tourism income in the less-developed regions; meanwhile, the implementation of the forest resource development project can only promote the employment of farmers in the primary industry, which has a lower marginal labor remuneration, but fails to improve or even squeeze out the labor forces from the secondary and tertiary industries, which have higher marginal labor remunerations, thus the employment effect is not obvious. Conclusion: We should combine forest protection and regional industrial development, promote the joint development of forest resources among regions, and strengthen the coordinated development of forestry and other industries, to effectively transform the "clear waters and green mountains" resource advantage of forest resources in the less-developed regions into the economic advantage of "invaluable assets", aiming to utilize the abundant forest resources in the less-developed regions to reduce the urban-rural income gap. Table and Figures | Reference | Related Articles | Metrics