scholarly journals Effects of Major Grassland Conservation Programs Implemented in Inner Mongolia since 2000 on Vegetation Restoration and Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances to Their Success

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqun Shao ◽  
Haibin Chen ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Xuexi Huo
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Anthropogenic Disturbances ◽  
Vegetation Restoration ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Grassland Conservation

Grassland conservation programs, vegetation rehabilitation and spatial dependency in Inner Mongolia, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 429-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibin Chen ◽  
Liqun Shao ◽  
Minjuan Zhao ◽  
Xing Zhang ◽  
Daojun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Spatial Dependency ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Grassland Conservation

scholarly journals The Impact of Ecological Construction Programs on Grassland Conservation in Inner Mongolia, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Liu ◽  
Liesbeth Dries ◽  
Wim Heijman ◽  
Jikun Huang ◽  
Xueqin Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Grassland Conservation ◽  
Ecological Construction ◽  
The Impact

Soil Microbes and the Chemical Properties of the Rhizosphere and Non-Rhizosphere Soil under Two Types of Vegetation Restoration in the Hobq Sandy Land of Inner Mongolia, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
戴雅婷 DAI Yating ◽  
侯向阳 HOU Xiangyang ◽  
闫志坚 YAN Zhijian ◽  
吴洪新 WU Hongxin ◽  
解继红 XIE Jihong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Soil Microbes ◽  
Rhizosphere Soil ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Vegetation Restoration ◽  
Sandy Land

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Grassland Development in Inner Mongolia after Implementation of the First Comprehensive Nation-Wide Grassland Conservation Program

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Zhichao Xue ◽  
Martin Kappas ◽  
Daniel Wyss
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Net Primary Productivity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Desert Grassland ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Grassland Conservation ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Protection of the grassland’s ecological environment and improvement of people’s livelihoods are major tasks for the management of pastoral areas in Inner Mongolia. The comprehensive program for grassland conservation in China, the Subsidy and Incentive System for Grassland Conservation (SISGC), was launched in 2011. To comprehend the effects of this major step towards sustainable grassland development, this study focuses on the spatio-temporal development of grasslands in Inner Mongolia since 2011. Through the combination of MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite data with up to date meteorological data, we used the indicators of Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) and Net Primary Productivity (NPP) to analyze qualitative and quantitative grassland changes. A classification system on the pixel level, reflecting change trends and fluctuations of both FVC and NPP, was applied to monitor and analyze the grassland development from 2011 to 2019. In particular, the spatial transfer matrix of the recent two years (2018 to 2019) was analyzed to reveal the latest potential issues and random impact factors. The results show a positive overall but spatially unbalanced effect of SISGC, with a prominent positive impact in the semi-desert grassland area. The potential threats from both social and natural aspects as well as the importance of a forecast system for local stakeholders in the pastoral area are discussed.

scholarly journals Are Grassland Conservation Programs a Cost-Effective Way to Fight Climate Change? Evidence from France

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Chabé-Ferret ◽  
Anca Voia
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Grassland Conservation ◽  
The World ◽  
Eligibility Requirements ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
The Cost

Grasslands, especially when extensively managed and when replacing croplands, store Green-House Gases. As a result, Grassland Conservation Programs, that pay farmers for maintaining grassland cover, might be an effective way to combat climate change, if they succeed in triggering an increase in grassland cover for a reasonable amount of money. In this paper, we use a natural experiment to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the French Grassland Conservation Program, the largest of such programs in the world. We exploit a change in the eligibility requirements for the program that generated a sizable increase in the proportion of participants in the communes most affected by the program. We find that the expansion of the program leads to a small in- crease in grassland area, mainly at the expense of croplands, which implies that the program expansion increased carbon storage. We estimate that the climate benefits from the program are at most equal to 19%±37% of its costs. The program is thus not cost-effective for fighting climate change, especially when compared with forest conservation programs in developing countries whose benefits have been estimated to exceed costs by a factor of two. When taking into account the other benefits brought about by grassland, we find the benefits of the program to be equal to 32%±62% of its costs.

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