Community Forestry in China: Current Status and Prospect

On the basis of its long history, the characteristics of the community forestry development in China can be summarized as follows:the adaptation of the management manner with the social structure of China's primary stage of socialism; the combination of the integrated development of communities in rural areas with ecological construction, technique reformation and social reform;the synthetic functions of both governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); the preconditions of the structural reform in the development of China's community forestry;the features of various development models and different management manners;and the typical eco-ethic existing in the Chinese nationalities, families, and clans consciousness such as prohibiting deforestation, mountain closure for facilitating afforestation by local regulation.At the same time, the successful experiences and practical models in China's community forestry development are introduced. At last, the prospects of the community forestry in China are discussed.