Sustainable Implementation Strategies for Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration: Insights from Chinese Forests
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Current Status of Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration
3.2. Dilemmas in the Implementation of Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration Projects
3.2.1. Pre-Stage
- Lack of Pre-Implementation Project Screening Mechanisms and Evaluation Criteria
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- Lack of rich investment and financing ways and channels for the projects
3.2.2. Mid-Stage
- Lack of a targeted approval process for market-oriented ecological restoration
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- Lack of clarity on the powers and responsibilities of the competent authorities for the management of market-oriented projects for ecological restoration
3.2.3. Late-Stage
- Not attractive enough to attract industries following ecological restoration
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- Lack of regulatory mechanisms for the operation and maintenance of projects
4. Responses and Recommendations
4.1. Strengthening the Leadership of Territorial Spatial Planning and Establishing a Mechanism for the Selection of Projects
4.2. Development of Diversified Investment and Financing Models and Returns for Forest Ecological Restoration Projects
4.3. Establish a Focused ‘Whole Life Cycle’ Approval Process for Project Implementation
4.4. Clarifying the Delineation of Responsibilities and Authorities Among Relevant Agencies and Departments for Ecological Restoration
4.5. Attracting Industrial Layout and Exploring the Whole Process of “Advertise–Restore–Develop–Operate” Industrial Chain
4.6. Support the Marketing of Forest Ecological Restoration by Providing a Professional Communication Platform
5. Conclusions and Discussion
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | “Promoting and supporting the involvement of social capital in ecological restoration and protection” |
2 | “The state council’s opinions on exploring the use of market-oriented approaches to promote ecological rehabilitation of mines” |
3 | “Opinions on the implementation of encouraging and supporting the participation of social capital in ecological protection and restoration in the province of Guangdong (Draft for Public Comments)” |
4 | “Departments of Fujian implement guiding principles to promote and support the involvement of social capital in ecological restoration and protection” |
5 | “Opinions on the implementation of Gansu province regarding the promotion and assistance of social capital in ecological restoration and protection” |
6 | “Anhui province implements a number of initiatives to promote and encourage social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection” |
7 | “Application of Guizhou province opinions regarding the promotion and supporting of social capital in ecological restoration and protection” |
8 | “In order to encourage social capital investment, an analysis of Shaanxi province’s implementation opinions on innovative financing and investment mechanisms in critical fields” |
9 | “Promoting social investment through the implementation of the opinions of the people’s government of Hainan province on innovative investment and financing mechanisms in essential areas” |
10 | “Implementing the opinions of the general office of the people’s government of Hebei province regarding social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection” |
11 | “Interpretation of the program of implementation to support the participation of social capital in ecological restoration and protection in Henan Province” |
12 | “Promoting and providing assistance to social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection in Heilongjiang Province” |
13 | “The Hubei province department of natural resources on support and encouragement of social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection” |
14 | “Ecological rehabilitation of historical mines in Hunan province: implementation strategies for investigating the use of market-oriented approaches” |
15 | “The Jilin provincial people’s government’s views on allocating social capital to the forestry and grassland industry to promote the growth of the green economy” |
16 | “Encouraging and supporting social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection in Jiangxi province” |
17 | “Encouraging and supporting social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection in Qinghai province” |
18 | “Opinion draft regarding Shandong province’s promotion and support of social capital’s involvement in ecological restoration and protection” |
19 | “Shanxi province implementation strategies to promote and facilitate social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection” |
20 | “Opinions of the provincial people’s government of Sichuan on the implementation of innovative financing and investment mechanisms in essential areas to promote social investment” |
21 | “Tianjin municipality’s implementation opinions regarding the promotion and support of social capital in ecological restoration and protection” |
22 | “Opinions on the implementation of encouragement and support for social capital participation in ecological restoration and protection in the Xinjiang Region” |
23 | “Yunnan provincial people’s government on enhancing policies to guide and encourage social capital in support of a new round of grasslands and return to forests project construction” |
24 | “Social capital participation in the implementation program for ecological restoration and protection is encouraged and supported by the municipality of Chongqing (draft for comments)” |
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Zhao, H.; Wei, W.; He, M. Sustainable Implementation Strategies for Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration: Insights from Chinese Forests. Forests 2025, 16, 1083. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071083
Zhao H, Wei W, He M. Sustainable Implementation Strategies for Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration: Insights from Chinese Forests. Forests. 2025; 16(7):1083. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071083
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Hengsong, Wanlin Wei, and Mei He. 2025. "Sustainable Implementation Strategies for Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration: Insights from Chinese Forests" Forests 16, no. 7: 1083. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071083
APA StyleZhao, H., Wei, W., & He, M. (2025). Sustainable Implementation Strategies for Market-Oriented Ecological Restoration: Insights from Chinese Forests. Forests, 16(7), 1083. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16071083