Abstract: Based on the survey data of 192 households living in 4 counties in Zhejiang collective forest area,this research analyzes the management situation of forest land and the households' behavior intransferbriefly.Then this paper puts emphasis on the influence factors in transfering out forest land by applying econometrics method.Results show that:the forest resource is abundant in the collective forest area,farmers hold positive attitude towards forestry production and management.But the income of forestry plays no significant role in the whole income structure;the transaction market is immature while the process of transaction is lack of norm.Fragment of forest land,labor number and householders' ages have significant negative impact on farmers' behaviors of transferring out forest land.Income and the proportion of nonagricultural income have positive effect on households' behaviors of transferring out forest land.

Key words: collective area, forest land transfer, forestry management, influence factor