China's Largest Scale Ecological Migration in the Three-River Headwater Region

To mitigate the degraded environment, China has been implementing large-scale conservation programs, including the Key Shelterbelt Construction Program, Beijing- Tianjin Sandstorm Control Program, Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Development Program (Ouyang 2007), Forest Eco-Compensation Pro...

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Published in:Ambio 2010-07, Vol.39 (6), p.443-446
Main Authors: Wang, Zongming, Song, Kaishan, Hu, Liangjun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric Sciences
Biodiversity
China
Conservation biology
Construction
Drought
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological economics
Ecological engineering
Ecological sustainability
Ecology
Ecoregions
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Environment
Environmental conservation
Environmental degradation
Environmental economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental impact
Environmental Management
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data
Forest conservation
Global Warming
Headwaters
Human Activities
Hydroelectric plants
Hydroelectric power
Land area
Migration
Minority & ethnic groups
Physical Geography
Population Dynamics
River basins
River ecology
River flow
Rivers
Social Change
Socioeconomic Factors
State forests
Subsidies
SYNOPSIS
Wetland ecology
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:To mitigate the degraded environment, China has been implementing large-scale conservation programs, including the Key Shelterbelt Construction Program, Beijing- Tianjin Sandstorm Control Program, Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Development Program (Ouyang 2007), Forest Eco-Compensation Program (Ministry of Finance of China and State Forestry Administration of China 2007), the Natural Forest Conservation Program, and the Grain to Green Program (Zhang et al. 1999; Xu et al. 2006; Liu et al. 2008). [...] the experiences learned from the policies on payments for ecosystem services in the past several years in other big projects (Liu et al. 2008) have laid a good foundation for its continuation and expansion.\n The EMP has many beneficiaries who could contribute to the payments, including hydropower plants, insurance companies for flood and drought disasters, people and business in the middle and lower reaches of the three big river basins, and even other countries (e.g., Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, through which the Mekong River flows) that benefit from the ameliorated water source environments.
ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
DOI:10.1007/s13280-010-0054-z