The "Ecological-Migration"Policy and Poverty Issues in Rural Villages of Inland China

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21730230
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Aichi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: NISHINO Mayu 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (40381743)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2012
• Keywords: 生態移民 / 農村経済 / 貧困 / 環境 / 経済開発 / 移民村 / 退耕還林 / 西部大開発

Research Abstract

The theme of this study focuses on the "ecological-migration"policy in China in order to identify the specifics of policy implementation and the presence or absence of its effects on environmental conservation through the research of the actual situations in the Shanxi mountains area, and to consider social and economic impact on local residents. Forest coverage had improved and environmentally desirable results had been produced through the implementation of the "ecological-migration"policy in the study areas. According to a survey of individual farmer households in the "immigrant villages," which were formed by the migration policy, it became clear that their expenditures, from food to all other daily aspects, had increased in conjunction with the reduction of farmland, and that employment problems had occurred at the migration destination.