Study On Pattern Of Sustainable State-owned Forest Farms Management In Guangxi

Forestry undertakes an important historical mission both in industrial construction and ecological construction. There are in total 151 state-owned forest farms in Guangxi now, whose forest area covers 9% of Guangxi's total forest area and their growing stock volume accounts for 16%. During the 9th five-year-plan period, these state-owned forest farms have totally produced timber of 802.7cubic meters, which accounts for 46% of the total timber yield of Guangxi,and the fact shows that no doubt the state-owned forest farms are the important power in the sustainable development of Guangxi forestry. Yet, due to various causes, the sustainable management of the state-owned forest farms is facing severe challenges, such as management loss, reduction of employment, the decrease of forest resources, and even survival crisis for some forest farms. In the year 2002, the deficit of operation by all the 4146 state-owned forest farms in 30 provinces of China amounted to$94.32 million, the deficit forest farms produced a loss of $0.37 billion, the total debts added up to $16.26 billion while the capital assets debt rate peaked to 79.25%. Meanwhile, 127 state-owned forest farms out of 151 in Guangxi result in a loss, and the loss rate is over 80%. Considering the social needs of sustainable forestry development and the predicament of management, it's urgent for us to launch a study on both the management theories and patterns, which will provide a scientific basis for the sustainable development of state-owned forest farms, lead them get rid of the difficulties, and realize the sustainable management. Therefore, a study on sustainable management theories and patterns of state-owned forest farms in Guangxi can not only enrich the theories of sustainable forest management but also promote Guangxi's economic and social sustainable development as well as the construction of ecological environment of West China.After a thorough and further survey to the state-owned forest farms in Guangxi, the research has...