How do government policies promote greening? Evidence from China

Feng, Dingrao; Bao, Wenkai; Yang, Yuanyuan; Fu, Meichen

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105389

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“…This trend declined during the later stage, compared with the first stage; the difference, i.e., the TDoVRPAD within the fenced enclosure, was −2.4% yr −1 . Under the traditional model, this would generally have been counted as an area where the policy did not work because a degradation occurred after the former was implemented (Feng et al, 2019; Feng et al, 2021). However, the adjacent‐space comparison showed that the TDoVRPAD in the buffer zone of this area was −2.5% yr −1 , which was a greater negative value than that in the No.…”

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A novel framework for evaluating the effect of vegetation restoration via grazing exclusion by fencing: A case‐study from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Yang

Zhang

2022

Land Degrad Dev

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Grazing exclusion by fencing (GEF) has been implemented to prevent the deterioration of grassland ecosystems in China since the beginning of this century; meanwhile, the effects have attracted widespread attention from the academic community. However, due to the simultaneity of different factors, it is difficult to separate the effect of different policies from natural resource endowments and identify the independent role of each policy. In this study, a novel framework was established based on spatiotemporal statistics. First, an indicator‐denoted vegetation restoration potential achievement degree (VRPAD) was introduced to lessen the impact of resource endowment conditions. Second, a double‐difference model of both space and time was developed to reflect the net improvement of VRPAD brought by GEF. The case study showed that 15 out of the 17 fenced‐off enclosures achieved positive VRPAD growth since the GEF implementation, while only 58.8% showed a much faster improvement or a slower degeneration than their adjacent areas. It was also found GEF effect presented apparent administrative differences in terms of spatial distribution. The number of effective fences accounted for 75% in Mami Town, but it was 0 in Chabu Town. It is concluded that the role of GEF may be overestimated, multi‐pronged approaches are more conducive to vegetation restoration, and strengthening grassroots management and self‐policing of fences is important to improve GEF efficiency. This research provides a novel framework for distinguishing policy effect and is expected to inspire new ideas and methodological support for policy formulation and evaluation.

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A novel framework for evaluating the effect of vegetation restoration via grazing exclusion by fencing: A case‐study from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Yang

Zhang

2022

Land Degrad Dev

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“…2 ). Social institutions or organisations publish similar lists, but the PRC being a socialist country ( Yang, 2022 ), the list issued by the central government via its ministry is most authoritative for urban construction data ( Feng, Bao, Yang, & Fu, 2021 ). The geospatial coordinates for the cities on the list were calibrated with the help of the Google Map Coordinate Picker, which selected the centre point of each city's municipal government premises as the coordinate picker; and the data were then imported into the ArcGIS 10.2 software (Geographic Information System Company, Environmental Systems Research Institute, West Redlands, CA, USA) ( Boyang, Weidong, & Dunford, 2014 ).…”

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Links between the pandemic and urban green spaces, a perspective on spatial indices of landscape garden cities in China

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Zhang³

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…With acceleration of global urbanization, more humans rely on ecosystem services provided by urban forests, and urban forests may come under increasing human pressure, so understanding these relationships has become increasingly important (Liu et al, 2019; Yang, Huang, & Liu, 2020). Urban greening policies have been designed with a goal of improving soil function (Feng et al, 2021; Jones, 2021; Nidzgorski & Hobbie, 2016). While most attention has been focused on overstory trees, the functional diversity of forest understory plants also plays an important role in ecosystem function, including C sequestration and nutrient cycling (Chen, Zhang, et al, 2019; Leppälammi‐Kujansuu et al, 2014; Schulze et al, 2009; Schwarz et al, 2016; Wu et al, 2011).…”

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“…a goal of improving soil function (Feng et al, 2021;Jones, 2021;Nidzgorski & Hobbie, 2016). While most attention has been focused on overstory trees, the functional diversity of forest understory plants also plays an important role in ecosystem function, including C sequestration and nutrient cycling Leppälammi-Kujansuu et al, 2014;Schulze et al, 2009;Schwarz et al, 2016;Wu et al, 2011).…”

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Soil quality in urban forests under different understory management practices

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Forest vegetation management plays an important role in maintaining soil quality and function. In highly managed urban forests, the clearing of understory vegetation has potential to cause loss of soil nutrients, resulting in stoichiometric imbalances and a decrease in soil function. Whether the presence of ornamental understory in urban forests can mitigate the negative influences on soil quality remains highly uncertain.Here, we collected soil samples from a plantation forest in Zijin Shan National Forest Park in two stands, each with three adjacent plots with different understory management practices: one with natural understory vegetation (≥10 species), a second with managed understories of ornamental groundcover [Reineckea carnea (Andrews) Kunth or Ophiopogon bodinieri H.Lév], and a third with cleared understory.Compared with plots with natural understories, we found lower levels of soil total carbon (C), total nitrogen (N), and microbial C and N, in plots with no understories.Correspondingly, ratios of soil C:phosphorus (P) and N:P, and microbial C:N, were lower in the absence of understories in one of the two stands. The magnitude of these effects differed between the two stands, with greater effects observed in the stand with higher soil quality. These influences were smaller with groundcover plants in both stands, particularly O. bodinieri H.Lév. While we cannot rule out the effects of other influences on soil properties, these results offer support for the hypothesis that clearing of understories is potentially detrimental to soil quality, and that maintaining ornamental groundcover can alleviate these adverse influences in urban forest.

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How do government policies promote greening? Evidence from China

Cited by 36 publications

References 70 publications

A novel framework for evaluating the effect of vegetation restoration via grazing exclusion by fencing: A case‐study from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

A novel framework for evaluating the effect of vegetation restoration via grazing exclusion by fencing: A case‐study from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Links between the pandemic and urban green spaces, a perspective on spatial indices of landscape garden cities in China

Soil quality in urban forests under different understory management practices

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