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

This paper reviews changes in grassland property rights and measures the efficiency of
livestock grazing on China's Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, where there is an extensive nomadic …

Alpine meadow dominated by Kobresia pygmaea forms both an important ecosystem and
the main pasture resource on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, and its degradation is …

The implementation of ecological restoration programs is intensively changing the original
ecological carrying capacity and the status of ecological security. To evaluate the …

The Sanjiangyuan region is located on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western China and
encompasses the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong rivers. It is also home to …

To mitigate the impacts of grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), in
recent decades China has been implementing large-scale conservation programs and has …

Many mountainous regions worldwide are characterized by harsh environments, scarce
infrastructure, and extreme contrasts between mountains and neighboring plateaus and …

The relocation of rural people away from marginal or fragile lands is an increasingly
common approach used in China to achieve environmental protection and development …

The Sanjiangyuan region is a typical ecologically vulnerable region. Although
environmental initiatives in the region have had positive results, criticism has arisen that one …

Change is an inevitable part of rural livelihoods. While natural disasters can trigger sudden
challenges to resilience, long-term shifts in government-related socio-ecological …