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Review
. 2023 Dec;52(12):1939-1951.
doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01898-1. Epub 2023 Jul 1.

Scientific concept and practices of life community of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts in China

Shiliang Liu  1 , Yuhong Dong  2 , Kim R McConkey  3 , Lam-Son Phan Tran  4 , Fangfang Wang  5 , Hua Liu  5 , Gang Wu  6
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Scientific concept and practices of life community of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts in China

Shiliang Liu et al. Ambio. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

China prioritizes ecological civilization construction and embraces the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." Great achievements have been made in ecological protection and restoration through implementing a series of policies and projects. This paper reviews the history of ecological restoration in China and the current development of the "integrated protection and restoration project of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, and deserts (IPRP)." Furthermore, the characteristics of IPRP were systematically elaborated from the perspectives of the ecological civilization thought, the policy management, and the key scientific issues. Also, the current achievements were summarized in the fields of national ecological space management, biodiversity conservation, and ecological protection and restoration. Existing challenges in management policy, scientific issues, and engineering practices were highlighted. Future perspectives include ecological space control, nature-based Solutions, biodiversity big data platform, modern techniques, and value realization mechanisms of ecological products.

Keywords: Ecological civilization; Ecological protection and restoration; Life community; Territorial spatial management.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare that we have no conflict of interest.

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The occurrence network map of keywords of ecological restoration
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Flow chart of the guide to the IPRP
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The four aspects and coupling mechanism of the management system of the IPRP
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The interactions between human and different elements of LC
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Distribution of the implemented IPR in China
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Supporting system for the IPRP projects
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