What is the reform of the collective forest rights system

The reform of the collective forest rights system is the party put forward in the 17th National Congress "to thoroughly implement the scientific concept of development, vigorously implement the forestry development strategy focusing on ecological construction, constantly innovate the system and mechanism of collective forestry management, clarify property rights in accordance with the law, revitalize the operation, regulate the flow, reduce taxes and fees, further emancipate and develop the forestry productivity, and promote the transformation of the traditional forestry industry into a modern forestry industry. ".

The main content has four aspects: 1, clarify property rights. Under the premise of adhering to the collective ownership of forest land remains unchanged, according to the law will be the right to contract management of forest land and ownership of trees, through family contracting to the collective economic organization of the farmers, to establish the farmers as the main position of the right to contract management of forest land. 2, to activate the right to operate. The implementation of commercial forests, public welfare forests classified management. In accordance with the law, good conditions, harvesting and management and utilization will not cause harm to the ecological balance and biodiversity of forests and trees in the region, designated as commercial forests; the ecological location of important or ecologically fragile areas of forests and trees, designated as public welfare forests. In the case of commercial forests, farmers may decide independently on the direction and mode of operation in accordance with the law, and sell the timber they produce on their own. For public welfare forests, on the premise of not destroying ecological functions, forest land resources can be reasonably utilized in accordance with the law to develop forest plantation and aquaculture, and to develop forest tourism by using forest landscapes, etc. 3. Implementation of the right of disposal. Under the premise of not changing the use of forest land, forest land contract management right holders may, in accordance with the law, have the right to subcontract, lease, transfer, shareholding, mortgaging or as a capital contribution, cooperation conditions, the contracted forest land, forest trees can be exploited in accordance with the law. 4. Guarantee the right to income. Farmers contracted to operate the income from forest land, owned by the farmers. The expropriation of collectively owned forest land shall, in accordance with the law, fully pay compensation for forest land, resettlement subsidies, compensation for ground attachments and trees, and arrange for the social security costs of the farmers whose forest land is expropriated. By the government designated public welfare forests, has been contracted to farmers, forest ecological benefit compensation to be implemented to households; not contracted to farmers, to determine the main body of care, clear care responsibility, forest ecological benefit compensation to be implemented to the collective economic organization of the farmers.