Spatial distribution characteristics of national protected areas in China

Planning for Protected Areas Using Spatial and Temporal Metrics

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...

Rethinking the effectiveness of public protected areas in southwestern china.

It is internationally recognized that conservation policies should respect indigenous cultures and consider the livelihoods of people affected by conservation restrictions. Countering this are concerns that human occupation and use of natural reserves is incompatible with conservation aims. But in China today the continued use and management of natural areas by local communities is likely to de...

Spatial Modeling of Extraction and Enforcement in LDC Protected Areas

Conflicts between resource-dependent people and protected area managers abound in many developing countries. From the rural people's perspective, protected areas may contain valuable or necessary natural resources that are worth the effort, and risk of capture, to extract. From the protected area manager's perspective, the rural people's extraction of resources causes environmental degradation ...

Strengthening protected areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services in China.

Recent expansion of the scale of human activities poses severe threats to Earth's life-support systems. Increasingly, protected areas (PAs) are expected to serve dual goals: protect biodiversity and secure ecosystem services. We report a nationwide assessment for China, quantifying the provision of threatened species habitat and four key regulating services-water retention, soil retention, sand...