China has responded to a national land-system sustainability emergency via an integrated
portfolio of large-scale programmes. Here we review 16 sustainability programmes, which …

With its chemical spills, cancer villages and frequent protests against air and water pollution,
China's litany of environmental woes is now well known. Scholars are paying increasing …

Economic, policy, and climate changes have profoundly influenced pastoral social-
ecological systems on the Tibetan Plateau. Climate change is believed to be leading to …

Ecological resettlement (shengtai yimin in Chinese) has been initiated by the Chinese
government on a large scale and aims to help degraded landscapes to recover and to …

The nomadism/pastoralism debate has always been closely connected to discourses about
modernization theories whenever development issues were at stake. While the mainstream …

The three-rivers headwater region (THRHR) of Qinghai province, China plays a key role as
source of fresh water and ecosystem services for central and eastern China. Global warming …

Alpine grasslands are a common feature on the extensive (2.6 million km2) Qinghai–Tibet
plateau in western and southwestern China. These grasslands are characterized by their …

Historical data and published results are reviewed to assess the rationale and design
criteria used to establish the Sanjiangyuan (Three Source Region) National Nature Reserve …

基于联合国2030 年可持续发展目标(UN-SDGs), 融入生态系统服务, 建立了面向易地扶贫搬迁
政策的村落和农牧户尺度可持续发展评价指标体系, 定量分析了西藏典型易地扶贫搬迁迁入村 …

Ecological migration policy has been proposed and implemented as a means for
depopulating ecological restoration areas in the arid Northwest China. Migration intention is …