There is no law that requires villagers' signatures to cut down trees (whether contracted by themselves, collectively or by the state)!

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Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Forest Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 18 A tree cutting license must be applied for cutting trees. However, it does not include bamboo picking and bamboo forests with bamboo production as the main purpose, as well as scattered trees in rural residents' private plots and in front of and behind their houses.

Units and individuals applying for forest cutting licenses shall submit the following documents respectively: the State Forestry Administration and state-owned forest farms shall submit the investigation and design documents of cutting areas and the updated acceptance certificate of the previous year; Other units shall submit documents such as the purpose, location, forest species, forest conditions, area, accumulation, methods and renewal measures of logging, and the troops shall also submit documents approved by the leading organs at or above the division level; The documents to be submitted by individuals include location, area, tree species, number of trees, storage, renewal time, etc.

Article 32 of the "Forest Law" must apply for a cutting license to cut trees, and cut trees according to the provisions of the license; Rural residents cut down private plots in front of and behind their houses and scattered trees owned by individuals.

State-owned forestry enterprises and institutions, organs, organizations, military units, schools and other state-owned enterprises and institutions shall be issued cutting licenses by the competent forestry authorities at or above the county level in accordance with relevant regulations.

The renewal and cutting of railway and highway shelterbelts and urban trees shall be examined and certified by the relevant competent departments in accordance with the relevant provisions.

When the rural collective economic organizations cut trees, the competent forestry authorities at the county level shall examine and issue cutting licenses in accordance with relevant regulations.

When rural residents cut trees contracted by individuals and hilly land, the competent forestry authorities at the county level or the people's governments of townships and towns entrusted by them shall examine and issue cutting licenses in accordance with relevant regulations.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to the cutting of bamboo forests with bamboo production as the main purpose.

To apply for a cutting license, the following materials are generally required:

1. forest right certificate;

2. Application form for tree cutting;

3 responsible for reviewing the opinions of the unit to agree to logging;

4. The identity certificate of the applicant;

5. If there is the task of cutting and updating, provide the certificate of acceptance for updating in the previous year;

6. Survey and design of cutting area;

7. There is no objection to recording publicity and publicity results.