Social Protection and Climate Change: How are rural workers and residents in China faring with conservation efforts?

Organization(s): Agence Française de Développement, ILO
Country: China
Year: 2017
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In China, there are big efforts to combat deforestation, with logging and other restrictions placed on large swaths of land. Nearly a million workers in state-owned forest enterprises lost their jobs, but got help with job training and placement services. Other rural residents received cash to perform conservation activities.