http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/10/deforestation-tangents/ 老百姓記 -- a search for humanity in China (by bicycle) Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/10/deforestation-tangents/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Russell Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:59:18 +0000 http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/?p=833#comment-222 An interesting article on a related topic that I read a while ago is http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/06/081006fa_fact_khatchadourian if you haven't read it. An interesting article on a related topic that I read a while ago is http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/06/081006fa_fact_khatchadourian if you haven’t read it.

]]> http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/2009/10/deforestation-tangents/comment-page-1/#comment-221 the GF Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.portraitofanlbx.com/?p=833#comment-221 Probably the reason that the Chinese man you encountered said that the tree farms were just an "area" is that under the 1954 Constitution forest, grassland and wasteland were formally nationalized. Under the 1982 constitution a stipulation was added that these natural resources CAN be owned by the collective, but only if stipulated in law, which more likely than not it isn't. So "forests" are effectively still national territory as opposed to collective (and certainly not private) property. Probably the reason that the Chinese man you encountered said that the tree farms were just an “area” is that under the 1954 Constitution forest, grassland and wasteland were formally nationalized. Under the 1982 constitution a stipulation was added that these natural resources CAN be owned by the collective, but only if stipulated in law, which more likely than not it isn’t. So “forests” are effectively still national territory as opposed to collective (and certainly not private) property.

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