Balancing Poverty Alleviation and Ecosystem Vulnerability Reduction: Implication from China’s Targeted Interventions

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(6), P. 2490 - 2490

Published: March 12, 2025

The coordination between poverty alleviation and ecological protection is both a crucial requirement long-standing challenge for sustainable development. China’s implementation of targeted strategy has completed the task eliminating extreme poverty. However, evaluation corresponding ecosystem changes in entire poverty-alleviated areas still insufficient. This study investigated spatiotemporal vulnerability across 832 national poverty-stricken counties from 2005 to 2020. A habitat–structure–function framework was applied develop an index, along with factor analysis environmental socio-economic indicators conducted through Geodetector model. Finally, implications practices balance were explored. results show that decreased 2020, even greater decrease observed after 2013, which twice amount seen before 2013. post-2013 mainly brought about by enhancement function critical zones such as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Ecoregion, Yangtze River Sichuan–Yunnan Key Yellow Ecoregion. From 2013 influence gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed other factors, playing significant positive role diminishing three regions mentioned. suggest have found “win–win” solution protection, is, they built synergistic mechanism combines government financial support strict policies (e.g., more compensation, eco-jobs, public welfare positions poor or poor). These findings elucidate mechanisms behind outcomes their implications, establishing practical coordinated development stewardship comparable regions.

Language: Английский

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Renewable energy, innovations and environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Environmental Kuznets Curve, policy thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

Renewable Energy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 123197 - 123197

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Identification of priority areas to provide insights for ecological protection planning: A case study in Hechi, China

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 154, P. 110738 - 110738

Published: Aug. 10, 2023

The prolonged disregard for the Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) has limited effectiveness of regional ecological conservation. However, identifying and safeguarding areas with high GEP, optimizing their distribution spatial structure, are great immense preserving ecosystem services (ESs). Our goal is to refine configuration network (EN), subsequently augment sustain stability ESs. We have specifically chosen Hechi City, situated in Karst region southwest China, as our case study. Firstly, we devised a GEP evaluation system pinpoint crucial sources. Subsequently, utilized circuit theory minimum cumulative resistance model construct preliminary EN. Through identified key nodes EN optimized Finally, by combining complex analysis methods, evaluated robustness topological characteristics results showed that area sources increased from 71 161 after optimization. number corridors 423, resulting an overall increment 8.8% source area. connectivity can be significantly enhanced. addition new increases importance network, making each node more balanced. Additionally, method provided detailed understanding about topology local elements study provide valuable reference optimizing, restoring evaluating ENs karst areas.

Language: Английский

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The spatiotemporal changes and trade-off synergistic effects of ecosystem services in the Jianghan Plain of China under different scenarios

Environmental Research Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 035015 - 035015

Published: Feb. 19, 2024

Abstract Disturbance from human activities has intensified the evolution of ecosystem structure in Jianghan Plain China, leading to conflicts between services. It is essential clarify trade-off synergies services China better coordinate economic and social development ecological protection region. Based on historical data scenario predictions using GeoSOS-FLUS model, InVEST model was applied five key services: Carbon storage, crop production, habitat quality, soil conservation water yield 2000 2020. Spearman correlation analysis used explore different space time. The results showed that arable land areas are most important types China. From 2020, increase build-up accompanied by a decrease land, forest unused an land. natural 2035 continues this trend except reduction, while reverses trend. yield, increased carbon storage quality declined significantly, showing spatial distribution pattern higher northwest lower southeast. comprehensive simulated downward compared with smallest decrease. There overall synergistic relationship strongest yield. spatiotemporal ecosystems dynamic requires sustainable management. Thus, it necessary rationally utilize resources enhance functions area minimize trade-offs based scientific planning maximize synergy.

Language: Английский

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Dynamics of ecosystem services and nonlinear responses to increased anthropogenic pressure

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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