Abstract
The biggest challenge for ecosystem management in China is how to control ecological degradation and maximize generation of ecosystem services with ecological conservation and restoration. The Task Force focused on four issues when analyzing the domestic and international case studies, namely, how to (a) balance the inter-linkages among various ecosystem services so as not to emphasize one ecosystem service while neglecting others, considering that people focus on different ecosystem services in different areas and development stages; (b) better coordinate the participation of different stakeholders in ecosystem management; (c) effectively leverage and enhance scientific support; and (d) draw on the experiences and best practices identified in the case studies to inform more effective models, policies, and guidelines.
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Private sector actors, including individual farmer or a group of farmers, who hold contracts for ecological rehabilitation, conservation, and development with village or governmental authorities
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Fu, B., Lei, G., Yu, X., Wang, Y., Lü, Y., Li, D. (2014). Chinese Case Studies. In: Chen, Y., Jessel, B., Fu, B., Yu, X., Pittock, J. (eds) Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38733-3_5
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