Chapter 4.8 - A Continuing Inquiry into Ecosystem Restoration: Examples from China’s Loess Plateau and Locations Worldwide and Their Emerging Implications A2  - Chabay, Ilan

John D. Liu; Bradley T. Hiller

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801231-4.00027-6

Chapter 4.8 - A Continuing Inquiry into Ecosystem Restoration: Examples from China’s Loess Plateau and Locations Worldwide and Their Emerging Implications A2 - Chabay, Ilan

John D. Liu, Bradley T. Hiller

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

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Abstract

Abstract Hundreds to even thousands of years of environmental destruction left the Chinese Loess Plateau a virtual “moonscape.” However, strategic restoration efforts combining satellite technology and community involvement led to recovery of the vegetation cover, and even though areas of agricultural production were reduced, productivity has since increased. A strong call for replication of this process in other parts of the world emerged from this experience, as well as a paradigm shift in economic thinking, putting the emphasis on ecological function rather than on what is extracted from nature. This approach is essential to safeguard a sustainable relationship with the environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Land Restoration
Subtitle of host publication	Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future
Editors	Martin Frick, Jennifer Helgeson
Place of Publication	Boston
Publisher	Academic Press
Pages	361-379
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	978-0-12-801231-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801231-4.00027-6
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

ecosystem restoration
Loess Plateau China
ecosystem function
sustainability
replication
international

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Liu, J. D., & Hiller, B. T. (2016). Chapter 4.8 - A Continuing Inquiry into Ecosystem Restoration: Examples from China’s Loess Plateau and Locations Worldwide and Their Emerging Implications A2 - Chabay, Ilan. In M. Frick, & J. Helgeson (Eds.), Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future (pp. 361-379). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801231-4.00027-6

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Chapter 4.8 - A Continuing Inquiry into Ecosystem Restoration: Examples from China’s Loess Plateau and Locations Worldwide and Their Emerging Implications A2 - Chabay, Ilan. / Liu, John D.; Hiller, Bradley T.

Land Restoration: Reclaiming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future. ed. / Martin Frick; Jennifer Helgeson. Boston : Academic Press, 2016. p. 361-379.

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