Environmental conservation has developed significantly in China over the past 20 years,
including more collaborative approaches and recent advances in establishing a national …

China has among the highest biodiversities in the world, but faces extreme biodiversity
losses due to the country's huge population and its recent explosive socioeconomic …

Globally, massive carnivore guild extirpations have led to trophic downgrading and
compromised ecosystem services. However, the complexity of multi-carnivore food webs …

The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) inhabits the rugged mountains in 12 countries of Central
Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau. Due to poaching, decreased abundance of prey, and …

Rural communities are taking active roles in conservation. However, the basic modes and
content of community participatory approach are seldom summarised or reflected on in …

Forests are critically important for life on earth, prompting a variety of efforts to protect them.
Protected areas and logging regulations are the most commonly used forest conservation …

Since time immemorial indigenous people have engaged in legal relationships with other-
than-human-persons. These relationships are exemplified in enspirited sacred natural sites …

International environmental organizations have an increasing commitment to the
development of conservation programs in high-diversity regions where indigenous …

As hotspots of biocultural diversity (BCD), mountain areas contain the richest ecosystems
with cultural characteristics. However, in the context of cultural homogenization and …

Urban parklands are biological and social resources. While there is a growing recognition
that park users interact with these resources to promote well-being, the diversity of these …