Authors:
Lu, Y., B. Fu, X. Feng, Y. Zeng, Y. Liu, R. Chang, G. Sun and B. Wu
Publication Date:
2012
Abstract/Summary:
As one of the key tools for regulating human-ecosystem relations, environmental conservation policies can promote ecological rehabilitation across a variety of spatiotemporal scales. However, quantifying the ecological effects of such policies at the regional level is difficult. A case study was conducted at the regional level in the ecologically vulnerable region of the Loess Plateau, China, through the use of several methods including the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE), hydrological modeling and multivariate analysis. An assessment of the changes over the period of 2000–2008 in four key ecosystem services was undertaken to determine the effects of the Chinese government’s ecological rehabilitation initiatives implemented in 1999.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
PLoS ONE
Link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280995/pdf/pone.0031782.pdf