Over the last three decades, rapid industrialization in China has generated an
unprecedentedly high level of air pollution and associated health problems. Given that …

China increasingly engages in environmental diplomacy through South-South cooperation
across the develo** world. Since 2019, the rise of the discourse of Nature-based …

Given the importance of hydropower in the supply of electricity worldwide, we argue that the
assessment of its impact on local ecosystems be included among generation costs. A cost …

Forest fragmentation is a significant issue in China; however, a comprehensive
understanding and assessment of the temporal trends and spatial modes of forest …

Underwater cracks are difficult to detect and observe, posing a major challenge to crack
detection. Currently, deep learning-based underwater crack detection methods rely heavily …

Karst caves, considering to be the “arks” of biodiversity, often contain high levels of
endemism. In the present study, the actinobacterial community in Shuanghe Cave, the …

Environmental regulations restricting the use of a natural resource or species often have
unintended consequences. One example is prohibitions on the international trade in …

Given the link between perceptions of zoonotic risk and support for regulations such as
wildlife consumption bans, debates regarding the origins of COVID-19 are likely to have …

Study region Surface water bodies in Hunan Province, China. Study focus: Surface water
bodies (WB) are important for agriculture, aquiculture, and aquatic and terrestrial …

Understanding drivers of freshwater fish assemblages is critically important for biodiversity
conservation strategies, especially in rapidly develo** countries, which often have …