Includes index.

Introduction / William F. Hyde, Jintao Xu, and Brian Belcher. -- Dev olution as a means of expanding local forest management in the South : lessons from the last 20 years / Dachang Liu and David Edmunds. -- Taxe s and fees in the South China collective forest region / Jinlong Liu, W enfa Xiao, and Natasha Landell-Mills. -- Central characteristics of ref orm : measures of the effects of improved property rights, a stable pol icy environment, and environmental protection / Runsheng Yin. -- Policy reform and investment in forestry / Daowei Zhang. -- Forest exploitati on and protection during and after reforms : assessing the impact of po licy and economic growth / Scott Rozelle, Jikun Huang, and Vince Benzig er. -- Deforestation and reforestation in Hainan : roles of markets and institutions / Yaoqi Zhang, Jussi Uusivuori, Jari Kuuluvainen, and Sha shi Kant. -- Forestry, poverty, and rural development : perspectives fr om the bamboo subsector / Manuel Ruiz Prez, Brian Belcher, Maoyi Fu, an d Xiaosheng Yang. -- Impacts of policy reforms on forest environments a nd biodiversity / Jeffrey A. Sayer and Changjin Sun. -- Conclusions and policy implications / William F. Hyde, Jintao Xu, Brian Belcher, Runsh eng Yin, and Jinlong Liu.