The relevance of an ecosystem approach, which involves addressing ecosystems as an
object of research, economically evaluating ecosystem services, and including the existing …

The oasis ecosystem is integral to the socio-economic stability and development in arid
areas. This study illuminates the relationship between land use/land cover (LULC) and …

Studies on the ecological conservation behavior of farmers usually focus on individual and
socio-economic characteristics without consideration of the underlying psychological …

China has always had a problem of inadequate supply, low quality, and uneven geographic
distribution of forest resources. However, the second half of the twentieth century saw the …

Abstract The Grain for Green Program (GFGP) is one of the largest land restoration/
afforestation and one of the most ambitious ecosystem conservation programmes in the …

Effective agricultural practices can enable and sustain rural livelihoods, particularly in
rapidly developing and transforming areas such as the Chinese Loess Plateau. Drawing …

Chinese state authorities have successfully accelerated afforestation over large areas
through the Returning Farmland to Forest Program (RFFP). However, variation in the …

With a background of rapid urbanization and an already vast population in China, promoting
land use efficiency to curb urban sprawl has significant influence upon sustainable urban …

Maintaining sufficient farmland to ensure food security and a strong rural economy is crucial
for China. At the national as well as regional levels, we compared the quality of the land …

With a growing global population, much of the current discourse on food security is focussed
on increasing and expanding agricultural production. Much of this expansion is speculated …