Forest and Land Management in Imperial China

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Forest and Land Management in Imperial China is written by N. Menzies and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230372872 (ISBN 10) and 9780230372870 (ISBN 13).

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.