Influence of Forest Land Use Fees on Forestry Operation from Farmers'Perspective: Taking Sanming City as an Example

Since the reformation of collective forest right system in 2003, the government has delegated the collective forestry usage right to farmers. The reformation of collective forest right system has led to separation of forest land ownership and usage rights. This course produced the forest land use fees. With the development of relevant policies, forest land use fees become one of the most important expenses which farmers spend on forestry operation. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss the influence of forest land use fees in forestry operation. In this study, Fujian Province was chosen as a target province for its predominant work in forest reforms, and Yong'an City and Jiangle County in Sanming City were chosen as the research areas. Based on the 104 questionnaires which are obtained through household survey, and using the descriptive statistics and Cobb-Douglas production function method with the help of Eviews3.0, the research finds that the charged forest land use fees can motivate the farmer's enthusiasm for forestry management, and it also has a positive effect on promoting the unit forestry management practice. Furthermore, some advice are given on the self-improvement of the policy and the investment in forestry.