Forest Biological Disaster Control Behaviors of Forest Farmers and Their Spatial Heterogeneity in China

Author:

Cai Qi1ORCID,Sun Bowen2,Zhang Xufeng3,Bo Wenjing1,Wang Guangyu4ORCID,Zhou Zefeng5

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

2. School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

3. School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

4. Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

5. Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Abstract

With more and more loss caused by forest biological disasters (FBDs) in China, forest farmers, as one of the most important stakeholders, are participating in the control. In this study, the ordinary least squares model, simultaneous equation model, and propensity score matching method were used with the data from 818 surveys conducted in the typical FBD outbreak provinces, to reveal the FBD control behaviors of forest farmers and their differences between western and eastern regions of China. The results indicated the following. (1) Household factors: forest farmers could timely take control measures. An increase of 1 ha in the area of occurrence would increase the control measures by 3.26 ha. However, the control measures can only reduce 50% of the economic loss caused by FBDs and cannot effectively control the spread trend of FBDs. There are issues, including an insufficient and old labor force, insufficient technology support, and low consciousness of ecology protection. (2) External factors: forest farmers would increase control when the temperature rises, and reduce control when rainfall increases. After village committees unify organizing the control, their participation enthusiasm would increase, which would have a substitution relationship with the household investment. (3) Regional difference: the eastern region of China has higher figures than the western in terms of outbreak area, economic losses, control measures, and pesticide cost. If the western forest farmers have the control funds as the eastern forest farmers have, and the eastern forest farmers have the control intensity as the western forest farmers have, the overall FBD control effect would be better.

Funder

Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control

National Forestry and Grassland Administration

Quantitative evaluation of control effect of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

Xingwen County Forestry Bureau, Planning of National Bamboo Modern Bamboo Industry Demonstration Park

Publisher

MDPI AG

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