In the People's Republic of China, where large scale destruction of forests has occurred, the government has in the past required that every able-bodied citizen between the ages of 11 and 60 plant three to five trees per year or do the equivalent amount of work in other forest services.
Po podatkih Združenih narodov za prehrano in kmetijstvo (FAO), je glavni pogoj za sprejem trajnostnega gospodarjenja z gozdovi povpraševanje po izdelkih, ki so proizvedeni trajnostno in je pripravljenost potrošnikov za plačilo le teh povzročila višje stroške.