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Abstract
China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) pays millions of farmers to convert cropland in upper watersheds to tree plantations. It is considered one of the world's largest payments for ecosystem services (PES) scheme for its reliance on financial incentives. This paper examines the outcomes of the SLCP by way of a case study from the Yangliu watershed in Yunnan province. It focuses on the notions of justice embedded in state policy and held by villagers and local state officials in order to understand the observed outcomes in terms of people's participation in the implementation of the SLCP, land use changes and livelihood effects. Villagers, local state officials, and state policy share a primary concern about distributive justice despite significant differences in their specific notions. The shared concern underlies the villagers’ positive reactions to the SLCP, which among other factors, have led to the intended expansion of tree plantations and a livelihood transition in Yangliu since 2003. The insights from Yangliu suggest the need to consider justice for a fuller understanding of the dynamics and outcomes of the SLCP and other PES schemes worldwide as the notions of justice applied by the involved actors may influence land use and livelihood dynamics in addition to the other factors considered in research this far.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 207-216 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Land Use Policy |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 1 Dec 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2015 |
Keywords
- Justice
- Payments for ecosystem services
- Land-use change
- Livelihoods
- Policy implementation
- China
Projects
- 2 Finished
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I-REDD+: Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks
Sikor, T.
1/01/11 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Just Ecosystem Management: Linking ecosystem services with poverty alleviation
Sikor, T., Chhotray, V., Few, R., Martin, A. & Zeitoun, M.
Natural Environment Research Council
15/11/10 → 15/05/13
Project: Research