China's response to a national land-system sustainability emergency
Date
2018
Authors
Bryan, B.
Gao, L.
Ye, Y.
Sun, X.
Connor, J.
Crossman, N.
Stafford-Smith, M.
Wu, J.
He, C.
Yu, D.
Editors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Type:
Journal article
Citation
Nature, 2018; 559(7713):193-204
Statement of Responsibility
Brett A. Bryan, Lei Gao, Yanqiong Ye, Xiufeng Sun, Jeffery D. Connor, Neville D. Crossman, Mark Stafford-Smith, Jianguo Wu, Chunyang He, Deyong Yu, Zhifeng Liu, Ang Li, Qingxu Huang, Hai Ren, Xiangzheng Deng, Hua Zheng, Jianming Niu, Guodong Han, Xiangyang Hou
Conference Name
Abstract
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 invested US$378.5 billion (in 2015 US$), covered 623.9 million hectares of land and involved over 500 million people, mostly since 1998. We find overwhelmingly that the interventions improved the sustainability of China's rural land systems, but the impacts are nuanced and adverse outcomes have occurred. We identify some key characteristics of programme success, potential risks to their durability, and future research needs. We suggest directions for China and other nations as they progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations' Agenda 2030.
School/Discipline
Dissertation Note
Provenance
Description
Access Status
Rights
© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved.