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DOI	10.3390/land10070702
	Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification
	Kong, Zheng-Hong; Stringer, Lindsay; Paavola, Jouni; Lu, Qi
通讯作者	Kong, ZH (corresponding author), Univ York, Dept Environm & Geog, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England.
来源期刊	LAND
EISSN	2073-445X
出版年	2021
卷号	10 期号:7
英文摘要	International efforts to tackle desertification led by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) support participatory approaches. The emphasis has been on dialogue between different perspectives, which are often grounded in individualism rather than prioritizing society as a whole, and as a result progress in implementation has been slow. China has made substantial progress in tackling desertification, but its approaches have been controversial, and the sustainability of its achievements has been questioned. While China has been active in UNCCD processes, its approach to addressing desertification has differed from those of other countries. China can thus offer important insights into the international campaign, while acknowledging that China can also learn from the efforts of others. We compare the UNCCD's bottom-up approach and China's top-down approach to better understand the challenges of tackling desertification. We examine the evolution in how desertification has been addressed and shed light on the context behind the changes, focusing on the role of science, policies, and public participation. We find a convergence between top-down and bottom-up approaches and that similar challenges have been experienced. Constant communications with outsiders have enabled adjustments and changes in both China and the international community, even though their approaches remain distinct. We conclude that both approaches are moving toward solutions that start from proactive investments of governments in financial, legal, institutional, and organizational aspects, draw on scientific insights, and which are grounded in the motivated and voluntary participation of non-state actors. Improved sharing of lessons across these approaches would help to create a better enabling form of environmental governance that contributes to tackling desertification.
英文关键词	land degradation UNCCD bottom-up top-down environmental governance science into policy
类型	Review
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000676265500001
WOS关键词	LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY ; ECOLOGICAL REHABILITATION ; ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ; LOESS-PLATEAU ; SCIENCE ; POLICY ; PARTICIPATION ; RESETTLEMENT ; MANAGEMENT ; VEGETATION
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/364088
作者单位	[Kong, Zheng-Hong; Stringer, Lindsay] Univ York, Dept Environm & Geog, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England; [Paavola, Jouni] Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England; [Lu, Qi] Chinese Acad Forestry, Inst Desertificat Studies, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kong, Zheng-Hong,Stringer, Lindsay,Paavola, Jouni,et al. Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification[J],2021,10(7).
APA	Kong, Zheng-Hong,Stringer, Lindsay,Paavola, Jouni,&Lu, Qi.(2021).Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification.LAND,10(7).
MLA	Kong, Zheng-Hong,et al."Situating China in the Global Effort to Combat Desertification".LAND 10.7(2021).