Abstract
Abstract：In 1981, the Decision about Accelerating the Production and Construction of Eastern Mountain Area in Jilin Province (DAPC) restricted the collection of fuel wood outside of collective forests. Since then, the traditional fuel wood resource use has changed in Korean-Chinese villages of Hunchun City, Jilin Province, China. This study aims to clarify the state of fuel wood resource use and the present role of collective forests in order to meet the needs of villagers. We utilized multiple methods: interviews and questionnaires about fuel wood use; recorded fuel wood resource locations by observing villager's field collection; and, map analysis of possible forest fuel wood resources. The results suggested that the government may need to set up new public fuel wood forests in collective forests based on the factors of labor shortage, preference for collecting the species Quercus mongolica Fisch. ext Turcz., abundant collection in the closest forest areas, and national forest protection.
