Status and next steps in China for sustainable trade and investment in Africa

This country briefing is a summary of a longer diagnostic report on China-Africa forest governance issues from China’s perspective. It provides key statistics regarding Chinese trade and investment in forestry and other sectors that affect land use and local livelihoods in Africa; it highlights contentious problems, upcoming policies and decisions that impact on Chinese trade and investment; it gives the reader a summary of frameworks that apply to Chinese-linked investments, and lists interaction and cooperation initiatives to date between China and Africa of relevance to forest issues