ABSTRACT
The critical role of land in human existence has been widely recognized for time immemorial, and that is why in some cultures, specifically Aboriginal culture, land is known as the mother of human existence. Historically, probably due to such importance of land, land reforms have been integral parts of all the world-wide revolutions, including the cultural revolution and the recent reforms in China. In this book, all the previous chapters have focused on land reforms in the agriculture sector of China. However, in the modern era, forest resources have become as important, if not more, as agriculture, and analyses of land reforms of any country without including forestland reforms will be incomplete.
