China's response to a national land-system sustainability emergency

Brett A. Bryan; Lei Gao; Yanqiong Ye; Xiufeng Sun; Jeffery D. Connor; Neville D. Crossman; Mark Stafford-Smith; Jianguo Wu; Chunyang He; Deyong Yu; Zhifeng Liu; Ang Li; Qingxu Huang; Hai Ren; Xiangzheng Deng; Hua Zheng; Jianming Niu; Guodong Han; Xiangyang Hou

doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0280-2

China's response to a national land-system sustainability emergency

Brett A. Bryan, Lei Gao, Yanqiong Ye, Xiufeng Sun, Jeffery D. Connor, Neville D. Crossman, Mark Stafford-Smith, Jianguo Wu, Chunyang He, Deyong Yu, Zhifeng Liu, Ang Li, Qingxu Huang, Hai Ren, Xiangzheng Deng, Hua Zheng, Jianming Niu, Guodong Han, Xiangyang Hou

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Abstract

China has responded to a national land-system sustainability emergency via an integrated portfolio of large-scale programmes. Here we review 16 sustainability programmes, which invested US$378.5 billion (in 2015 US$), covered 623.9 million hectares of land and involved over 500 million people, mostly since 1998. We find overwhelmingly that the interventions improved the sustainability of China's rural land systems, but the impacts are nuanced and adverse outcomes have occurred. We identify some key characteristics of programme success, potential risks to their durability, and future research needs. We suggest directions for China and other nations as they progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations' Agenda 2030.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-204
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nature
Volume	559
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0280-2
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainability programmes
China
Land-system sustainability emergency

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