The rapid economic development has highlighted the global climate change problem and
carbon dioxide emissions have brought challenges to global climate change. The combined …

Land‐use change is fragmenting natural ecosystems, with major consequences for
biodiversity. This paper reviews fragmentation trends–historical and current–in China, the …

The long-term stressful utilization of forests and grasslands has led to ecosystem
degradation and C loss. Since the late 1970s China has launched six key national …

Given that few ecosystems on the Earth have been unaffected by humans, restoring them
holds great promise for stemming the biodiversity crisis and ensuring ecosystem services …

There is no doubt that land cover and climate changes have consequences on landslide
activity, but it is still an open issue to assess and quantify their impacts. Wanzhou County in …

There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food
production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation …

China's large-scale tree planting programs are critical for achieving its carbon neutrality by
2060, but determining where and how to plant trees for maximum carbon sequestration has …

In response to extreme societal consequences of ecosystem degradation and climate
change, attention to ecological restoration is increasing globally. In China, investments in …

In response to ecosystem degradation from rapid economic development, China began
investing heavily in protecting and restoring natural capital starting in 2000. We report on …

Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …