Livelihood Resilience and Its Influence on Livelihood Strategy of People in the State-Owned Forest Areas in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia

Siboyu Sun ()
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Siboyu Sun: School of Management, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: In 2015, the Chinese government banned logging in the state-owned forest areas in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. This is an enormous change for people who depend on the forest. Based on a survey of 1573 households in the state-owned forest areas in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, our study constructs an evaluation index system of livelihood resilience composed of three dimensions: buffer capacity, self-organization, and learning capacity. The method of weighted sum is used to evaluate the livelihood resilience of local residents, and the influencing factors of livelihood strategy are analyzed by a multinomial logistic regression model. The results show that the overall level of livelihood resilience of local residents is neutral, and the self-organization is significantly higher than their buffer capacity and learning capacity. There are significant differences in livelihood resilience among the various livelihood strategies. The livelihood of households practicing forestry as a side job is most resilient followed by those practicing forestry as a main job, diversified livelihood, and forest-dependent. We found that per capita income and per capita housing area are key factors affecting the livelihood strategy shifts. Household size, household composed of multi-generations, and labor determine the basic direction of the livelihood strategy. We argued that the state-owned forest areas in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia need to establish a technical training system for local residents and to strengthen the role of social organizations, which would then improve livelihood resilience.

Keywords: logging ban policy; worker households; ball-in-basin model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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