Forest Carbon Practices and Low Carbon Development in China

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. China’s Low-Carbon Transformation and Emergence of Domestic Carbon Market

   • Guoqiang Qian, Xiaochen Huang, Han Lai, Xiang Zou

   Pages 1-45

3. Response to Climate Change by China’s Forestry and Vision of Forest Carbon Market

   • Chunfeng Wang

   Pages 47-69

4. General Concepts and Development Process of Forest Carbon Projects

   • Caifu Tang, Jian Ma

   Pages 71-90

5. Reforestation Projects at Pearl River Basin of Guangxi in China

   • Sanzhong He, Zhuping Mo

   Pages 91-127

6. Afforestation and Reforestation Project on the Degraded Land in Northwest Sichuan, China

   • Caifu Tang, Jian Ma, Biao Yang

   Pages 129-173

7. Restoration Project of Small-Scale Reforestation in Tengchong of Yunnan Province

   • Jian Ma, Caifu Tang, Biao Yang

   Pages 175-208

8. Public Voluntary Forest Carbon Project in China

   • Nuyun Li, Fangyi Yang

   Pages 209-241

9. Potential of Forest Management Carbon in China

   • Wen Zhang, Caifu Tang

   Pages 243-267

10. Obstacles, Experiences, and Recommendations on Forest Carbon Projects

    • Chunfeng Wang, Caifu Tang

    Pages 269-296

11. Back Matter

    Pages 297-298

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This is the first book illustrating China’s forest carbon projects. It includes an analysis of the policy and future development trends of China’s forest carbon market and showcases the country’s most representative forest carbon projects. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all policymakers and researchers interested in forest carbon, as well as project developers and engineers involved in forest carbon projects.

• Forest carbon
• Climate change
• Low carbon development
• Forest management
• Afforestation and reforestation
• Bamboo afforestation
• Forest carbon projects
• China's afforestation project
• China's Reforestation Programs
• Climate change management
• Forestry Management

• School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

  Zhi Lu

• The Nature Conservancy, Beijing, China

  Xiaoquan Zhang

• Paradise International Foundation, Beijing, China

  Jian Ma

• Shanshui Conservation Center, Beijing, China

  Caifu Tang

Professor Zhi Lu received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Life Sciences from Peking University, Beijing in 1985, 1989 and 1992, respectively. She is currently the executive director of Peking University Center for Nature and Society. Prof. Lu's studied endangered wildlife including the giant panda in mountains of southwestern China, the snow leopard and large mammals on the Tibetan Plateau. In recent years she became interested in observing the interaction between the natural and social systems and provide scientific evidences to support policies and practices in nature conservation and sustainable development in China. She also deeply involved in conservation practices including founding a Chinese NGO, Shanshui Conservation Center.


Dr. Xiaoquan Zhang has been involved in research on the impacts of climate change on forestry and adaptation strategies, carbon accounting relevant to land use change and forestry (LUCF) activities, and methodological and project development under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) and Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). He has published over 100 academic papers in national and international journals, and 11 books.

Mr. Jian Ma is the founder and vice president of the Paradise International Foundation. He has worked for the Nature Conservancy’s Forest Carbon Program for 12 years. Under his leadership, the team has developed 4 forest carbon projects, which have restored 10,000 forests in China’s biodiversity hotspots. Mr. Jian Ma also leads TNC’s science team, working with the Ministry of Environmental Protection to define China’s biodiversity roadmap for 2010–2030.  


Mr. Caifu Tang, a senior forestry engineer, is mainly engaged in forestry carbon sequestration development and implementation, forestry carbon sequestration potential evaluation and development planning, as well as community forestry work.

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