Under the influence of human activities,landscape fragmentation in the Wei River Basin(WRB)has become increasingly severe.Upstream development has intensified soil erosion,and industrial and agricultural pollution in ...Under the influence of human activities,landscape fragmentation in the Wei River Basin(WRB)has become increasingly severe.Upstream development has intensified soil erosion,and industrial and agricultural pollution in the middle reaches has degraded water quality.Rapid urbanization has further caused habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss.Collectively,these challenges threaten human well-being and hinder sustainable development,making the construction and optimization of an ecological security pattern(ESP)urgently necessary.However,existing studies often fail to systematically integrate future landscape ecological risk(LER)assessment with ESP optimization.This study evaluated regional LER using the“ecological patches-ecological resistance surface(ERS)-ecological corridor”framework,combined with land-use predictions under three development scenarios,and optimized the ESP by adjusting the ERS and extracting ecological corridors.The results indicate that the LER in the WRB follows an“inverted N”distribution,with low-risk areas concentrated in forested mountain regions and high-risk areas mainly in cultivated land subject to intensive human activity.Across future scenarios,ESPs showed fewer ecological breakpoints and improved landscape connectivity than the 2020 baseline.Scenario-based differences emerged in the spatial configuration of ERS adjustments,with the ecological protection scenario yielding the lowest LER and most favorable ESP.This study demonstrates the deep integration of multi-scenario simulation with LER assessment,providing a new framework for ESP optimization.The findings have guiding significance for ecological protection and coordinated development in the WRB and offer a novel paradigm for sustainable development in ecologically fragile basins worldwide.展开更多
Addressing the widespread issues of internal fragmentation within protected areas and the neglect of surrounding critical habitat networks,this study aims to develop an assessment framework for the precise identificat...Addressing the widespread issues of internal fragmentation within protected areas and the neglect of surrounding critical habitat networks,this study aims to develop an assessment framework for the precise identification and remediation of regional conservation gaps.To this end,we introduce the Framework for Conservation Priority Identification(FCPI).The framework integrates Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis(MSPA),the Remote Sensing Ecological Index(RSEI),Circuit Theory,and the Minimum Cumulative Resistance(MCR)model to formulate a multidimensional conservation priority index.This index facilitates the identification of critical ecological network components and enables the dynamic prioritization of conservation efforts.A case study of Fuzhou City from 2014 to 2020 reveals that despite an overall improvement in regional environmental quality,the functionality of core ecological sources has markedly declined.Between 2014 and 2020,the number of ecological sources grew by 76.9%,yet their total area shrank by 13.9%.Concurrently,the number of ecological corridors rose from 27 to 53,extending their total length by 380.23 km,which indicates an intensifying trend of habitat fragmentation.Furthermore,a significant number of crucial ecological network nodes,particularly within Minhou County,lie explicitly outside the existing protected area system.This confirms the presence of conservation gaps and unveils the spatiotemporal dynamics of shifting conservation priorities.The research validates that the proposed FCPI can effectively diagnose the dynamic deficiencies within conservation systems.It offers scientific decisionsupport for local governments,facilitating a transition from isolated conservation efforts towards systematic and comprehensive ecological network governance.展开更多
Tourism’s link to the Sustainable Development Goals has been a continuing emphasis,adding momentum to longstandingefforts to ensure tourism’s sustainability.Tourism transport is one of the largest sources of anthrop...Tourism’s link to the Sustainable Development Goals has been a continuing emphasis,adding momentum to longstandingefforts to ensure tourism’s sustainability.Tourism transport is one of the largest sources of anthropogenic carbonemissions,driving global ecological change with profound consequences for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.Large-scale infrastructure projects such as railway expansion are increasingly promoted for their potential to reducetourism-related carbon dioxide emissions,yet their spatial ecological impacts on regional carbon cycles and ecosystemservices remain poorly understood.This study introduces the concept of Tourism Transport Ecological Efficiency(TTEE)to assess the relationship between human infrastructure,carbon emissions,and ecological sustainability.Using panel datafrom China’s railway expansion between 2011 and 2018,the study provides spatially explicit evidence of how transportinfrastructure shapes tourism’s ecological footprint.Results show that non-Eastern regions experienced a greater increasein TTEE(8.7%)compared to Eastern regions(5.5%),highlighting regional disparities in tourism transport ecologicalsustainability.Railway density had a significant positive direct effect on TTEE,particularly pronounced in non-Easternregions.Additionally,a significant indirect effect of railway density in nearby regions was identified.These findings revealthe interconnected ecological impacts of transport systems and underscore the importance of regionally targeted railwayinvestment strategies.By bridging infrastructure development with ecological processes,this study advances understandingof how tourism transport can be aligned with global carbon reduction goals and ecosystem protection.展开更多
Over 20 years,Liu and her team tackled one challenge after another in this Jiaxing“experimental field,”witnessing a historic transformation in water quality.ON March 7,Liu Rui,deputy to the National People’s Congre...Over 20 years,Liu and her team tackled one challenge after another in this Jiaxing“experimental field,”witnessing a historic transformation in water quality.ON March 7,Liu Rui,deputy to the National People’s Congress(NPC),China’s top legislature,vice president of the Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University,Zhejiang(YDRI),and director of its Department of Environmental Technology and Ecology,sat down with China Today during the“two sessions”to share her story of two decades of dedicated work in aquatic ecological governance in the Yangtze River Delta.展开更多
In recent years,intensified land use change driven by climate change and human activities have markedly impacted the ecological environmental quality of the arid inland river basins.The implementation of forestry proj...In recent years,intensified land use change driven by climate change and human activities have markedly impacted the ecological environmental quality of the arid inland river basins.The implementation of forestry projects,coupled with continuous population growth,has increased the need for systematic assessments of ecological effects to ensure sustainable development in arid inland river basins.This study generated a 22-a(2000-2021)remote sensing ecological index(RSEI)data series for the Manas River Basin,a typical arid inland river basin in China,utilizing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)data and the Google Earth Engine(GEE)platform.We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of ecological environmental quality in the Manas River Basin through the Theil-Sen estimator,Mann-Kendall trend test,coefficient of variation(CV),and Hurst index.Furthermore,we employed the Optimal Parameter-based Geographical Detector(OPGD)method to quantify the influence of seven key drivers:elevation,slope,temperature,precipitation,gross domestic product(GDP),population density,and land use change.The key findings revealed that the basin's ecological environmental quality showed significant improvement(mean RSEI of 0.38,with a range of 0.34-0.41),with areas exhibiting good and excellent grades increasing by 16.71%,particularly in the midstream oasis region and upstream mountainous region,while areas exhibiting poor and relatively poor grades decreased by 11.52%in the downstream desert region.Spatial heterogeneity of ecological environmental quality was pronounced,with 32.23%of the areas showing localized degradation,the midstream oasis region exhibiting sustainable recovery potential(Hurst index>0.50),and only 36.67%of the areas maintaining stable and highly stable conditions(primarily in the upstream mountainous region).The OPGD analysis revealed that temperature(q-value=0.496-0.780),land use change(q-value=0.705-0.782),and elevation(q-value=0.245-0.637)were dominant factors,with the influence of land use change increasing during 2000-2020.Strong interaction effects emerged between land use change and temperature(q-value>0.705)and between land use change and elevation(q-value=0.751 in 2020),highlighting intensified human-nature coupling.These findings provide vital perspectives for ecosystem management in arid inland river basins under both climate and anthropogenic pressures.展开更多
Scientifically constructing an ecological security pattern(ESP)is an important spatial analysis approach to improve ecological functions in arid areas and achieve sustainable development.However,previous research meth...Scientifically constructing an ecological security pattern(ESP)is an important spatial analysis approach to improve ecological functions in arid areas and achieve sustainable development.However,previous research methods ignored the complex trade-offs between ecosystem services in the process of constructing ESP.Taking the mainstream of the Tarim River Basin(MTRB),China as the study area,this study set seven risk scenarios by applying Ordered Weighted Averaging(OWA)model to trade-off the importance of the four ecosystem services adopted by this study(water conservation,carbon storage,habitat quality,and biodiversity conservation),thereby identifying priority protection areas for ecosystem services.And then,this study identified ecological sources by integrating ecosystem service importance with eco-environmental sensitivity.Using circuit theory,the ecological corridors and nodes were extracted to construct the ESP.The results revealed significant spatial heterogeneity in the four ecosystem services across the study area,primarily driven by hydrological gradients and human activity intensity.The ESP of the MTRB included 34 ecological sources with a total area of 1471.38 km^(2),66 ecological corridors with a length of about 1597.45 km,11 ecological pinch points,and 13 ecological barrier points distributed on the ecological corridors.The spatial differentiation of the ESP was obvious,with the upper and middle reaches of the MTRB having a large number of ecological sources and exhibiting higher clustering of ecological corridors compared with the lower reaches.The upper and middle reaches require ecological protection to sustain the existing ecosystem,while the lower reaches need to carry out ecological restoration measures including desertification control.Overall,this study makes up for the shortcomings of constructing ESP simply by spatial superposition of ecosystem service functions and can effectively improve the robustness and stability of ESP construction.展开更多
Land use/cover change(LUCC)constitutes the spatial and temporal patterns of ecological security,and the construction of ecological networks is an effective way to ensure ecological security.Exploring the spatial and t...Land use/cover change(LUCC)constitutes the spatial and temporal patterns of ecological security,and the construction of ecological networks is an effective way to ensure ecological security.Exploring the spatial and temporal change characteristics of ecological network and analyzing the integrated relationship between LUCC and ecological security are crucial for ensuring regional ecological security.Gansu is one of the provinces with fragile ecological environment in China,and rapid changes in land use patterns in recent decades have threatened ecological security.Therefore,taking Gansu Province as the study area,this study simulated its land use pattern in 2050 using patch-generating land use simulation(PLUS)model based on the LUCC trend from 2000 to 2020 and integrated the LUCC into morphological spatial pattern analysis(MSPA)to identify ecological sources and extract the ecological corridors to construct ecological network using circuit theory.The results revealed that,according to the prediction results in 2050,the areas of cultivated land,forest land,grassland,water body,construction land,and unused land would be 63,447.52,39,510.80,148,115.18,4605.21,8368.89,and 161,752.40 km^(2),respectively.The number of ecological sources in Gansu Province would increase to 80,with a total area of 99,927.18 km^(2).The number of ecological corridors would increase to 191,with an estimated total length of 6120.66 km.Both ecological sources and ecological corridors showed a sparse distribution in the northwest and dense distribution in the southeast of the province at the spatial scale.The number of ecological pinch points would reach 312 and the total area would expect to increase to 842.84 km^(2),with the most pronounced increase in the Longdong region.Compared with 2020,the number and area of ecological barriers in 2050 would decrease significantly by 63 and 370.71 km^(2),respectively.In general,based on the prediction results,the connectivity of ecological network of Gansu Province would increase in 2050.To achieve the predicted ecological network in 2050,emphasis should be placed on the protection of cultivated land and ecological land,the establishment of ecological sources in desert areas,the reinforcement of the protection for existing ecological sources,and the construction of ecological corridors to enhance the stability of ecological network.This study provides valuable theoretical support and references for the future construction of ecological networks and regional land resource management decision-making.展开更多
Antibiotics are widespread in aquatic environments due to their extensive use in human healthcare and ani-mal husbandry.However,research on the occurrence and bioaccumulation of antibiotics in aquatic organisms within...Antibiotics are widespread in aquatic environments due to their extensive use in human healthcare and ani-mal husbandry.However,research on the occurrence and bioaccumulation of antibiotics in aquatic organisms within shallow wetland lakes remains limited.This study investigated the occurrence and bioaccumulation of ten commonly used antibiotics in the Baiyang Lake,northern China’s largest shallow wetland lake.The results indicated that sulfonamides and fluoroquinolones were the predominant antibiotics in surface water,whereas fluoroquinolones and macrolides were more prevalent in sediment.Fluoroquinolones demonstrated significant potential for bioaccumulation in targeted aquatic organisms,including both animals and plants(Carassius au-ratus and Phragmites australis).The bioaccumulation of antibiotics in Carassius auratus was correlated with their solubility,whereas in Phragmites australis,this was associated with their octanol-water partition coefficients and molecular weights.Ecological risk assessment indicated that most antibiotics posed minimal to low risk levels.However,four antibiotics were exceptions:clarithromycin(12.5%)and sulfamethoxazole(6.25%)presented a high risk in surface water samples,while norfloxacin(25.0%)and ciprofloxacin(25.0%)posed a high risk in sediment samples.Norfloxacin,ciprofloxacin,and roxithromycin were identified as key indicator antibiotics for enhancing the local monitoring and control of antibiotic contamination based on four criteria:(1)high con-centrations,(2)frequent detection,(3)capacity for bioaccumulation,and(4)ecological risk levels.This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the status of antibiotic contamination,bioaccumulation characteristics,and ecological risk in Baiyang Lake,thereby supporting efforts to monitor and regulate antibiotic pollution.展开更多
Under the strategic framework of rural revitalization and agricultural modernization, Xinjiashan Specialty Coffee Base, located in Zaotang Village, Lujiang Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City, has been proactively i...Under the strategic framework of rural revitalization and agricultural modernization, Xinjiashan Specialty Coffee Base, located in Zaotang Village, Lujiang Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City, has been proactively investigating innovative models for agricultural development. Through extensive communication and collaboration, this base has established close partnerships with research institutions including Kunming University of Science and Technology, Baoshan University, and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with a commitment to thoroughly exploring the potential for resource recycling and ecological complementarity. An innovative four-in-one three-dimensional integrated planting system incorporating "coffee, bananas, green manure, and bees" has been implemented. Concurrently, technological and digital management strategies have been comprehensively integrated to improve planting efficiency. Under this model, the proportion of specialty coffee attains 71%, and the per-unit yield is 17% greater than that of the conventional planting model. This approach not only substantially enhances economic returns but also promotes the integrated development of ecological and social benefits, offering a valuable practical example and experiential reference for the specialty and sustainable advancement of the coffee industry in comparable regions.展开更多
This study comprehensively measures the ecological resilience level of seven provinces in the strategic hinterland of Western China during 2013-2023.It constructs an ecological resilience evaluation system covering th...This study comprehensively measures the ecological resilience level of seven provinces in the strategic hinterland of Western China during 2013-2023.It constructs an ecological resilience evaluation system covering the three dimensions of"Resistance-Adaptability-Recovery"and adopts the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method for objective weighting and comprehensive ranking.The results show that:(1)The overall ecological resilience of the strategic hinterlands in Western China presents a steady upward trend,evolving from a low resilience level to a medium resilience range over the decade,with continuous investment in ecological governance and institutional supply gradually transformed into resilience enhancement effects in the long run;(2)Ecological resilience exhibits a typical pattern characterized by"high-level stability of Resistance,continuous improvement of Recovery,and relative lag of Adaptability,"among which Recovery shows the most remarkable growth rate,while Adaptability fluctuates significantly and constitutes a key bottleneck for overall leapfrog development;(3)As core carrying areas,Sichuan and Shaanxi perform outstandingly,and Guizhou demonstrates a remarkable upward momentum,while Qinghai,Ningxia,Gansu and other regions still face constraints such as limited ecological governance capacity and relatively strong structural pressures.Based on the differentiated evolutionary characteristics of the three dimensions,the study proposes enhancement paths including constructing a cross-regional ecological security barrier,breaking through the bottleneck of Adaptability,and driving high-quality resilient growth with Recovery.展开更多
The environment and its preservation are becoming more and more dependent on ecological development in an age of accelerating climate risk,biodiversity loss,and pressures of pollution.This review summarizes the fronti...The environment and its preservation are becoming more and more dependent on ecological development in an age of accelerating climate risk,biodiversity loss,and pressures of pollution.This review summarizes the frontiers of innovation that are capable of enhancing integration of human development and ecological integrity,and how the interaction between technical,ecological,and institutional innovations can produce real-world results.We initially discuss developing ecological innovations that offer new opportunities to urban development,such as low-impact cities,ecological infrastructure,clean energy transitions,and biodiversity-informed siting,and digital decision-support systems enhancing planning and resource efficiency.Then,we evaluate progress in the field of preservation and restoration,with a particular focus on nature-based solutions,a process-based approach to restoration science,connectivity conservation,and a watershed-scale and seascape-scale approach to restore resilience and help recover biodiversity.In these spheres,we discover measurement,monitoring,and verification(MRV),one of the main pillars of scale alongside remote sensing,automated field monitoring,environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid(DNA),and Artificial Intelligence(AI)-enabled analytics,increasing the range of trackable and manageable indices as well as creating new issues with baselines,uncertainty,and data ethics.Lastly,we compare governance,finance,and equity as key conversion processes that can turn innovations into sustainable dividends with authenticity principles,however,of additionality,permanence,and leakage avoidance,and with rightsbased and redistributive mechanisms and approaches that reinforce legitimacy.We end by providing a portfolio roadmap of prioritization of the interventions that have high co-benefits and the identification of critical research and institutional gaps to provide net-positive ecological results.展开更多
Livestock farming is a critical pillar of Tajikistan’s national economy and livelihood security.However,significant economic challenges in the country have led to the degradation of grassland ecosystems.This degradat...Livestock farming is a critical pillar of Tajikistan’s national economy and livelihood security.However,significant economic challenges in the country have led to the degradation of grassland ecosystems.This degradation has not only reduced the productivity of grassland ecosystems but also severely impacted their ecological functions.A particularly concerning consequence is the threat to biodiversity,as the survival and persistence of endemic,rare,and endangered plant species are at serious risk,thereby diminishing the value of species’genetic resources.Based on the data from multiple sources such as literature reviews,field observations,and national statistics,this study employed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to investigate the current status,causes of degradation,and restoration measures for grassland ecosystems in Tajikistan.The results revealed that Tajikistan’s grassland ecosystems support exceptionally high plant species diversity,comprising over 4500 vascular plant species,including nearly 1500 endemic and sub-endemic taxa that constitute a unique genetic reservoir.These ecosystems are experiencing severe degradation,characterized by significantly reduced vegetation cover and declining species richness.Palatable forage species are increasingly being displaced by unpalatable,thorny,and poisonous species.The primary drivers of degradation include excessive grazing pressure,which disrupts plant reproductive cycles and regeneration capacity,habitat fragmentation due to urbanization and infrastructure development,and uncontrolled exploitation of medicinal and edible plants.Climate change,particularly rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns,further exacerbates these anthropogenic pressures.Ecological restoration experiments suggested that both ecosystem productivity and plant species diversity are significantly enhanced by systematic reseeding trials using altitude-adapted native species.These findings underscore the necessity of establishing scientifically grounded approaches for ecological restoration.展开更多
[Objectives]To explore the control mode of farmland drainage pollutants and investigate the effects of ecological ditch and wetland on reducing farmland drainage pollutants in Hetao Irrigation District.[Methods]Based ...[Objectives]To explore the control mode of farmland drainage pollutants and investigate the effects of ecological ditch and wetland on reducing farmland drainage pollutants in Hetao Irrigation District.[Methods]Based on the demonstration construction project of the ecological ditch-constructed wetland system in the Hetao Irrigation District,an experimental study was conducted from July to September 2023 to investigate the interception and purification effects of ecological ditches,constructed wetlands,and the combined ecological ditch-constructed wetland system on farmland drainage pollutants.Key water quality parameters measured included total nitrogen(TN)concentration and total phosphorus(TP)concentration.[Results]Different treatment modes of ecological ditches and constructed wetlands have a certain removal effect on nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants in water bodies.The ecological ditches treated with Astragalus laxmannii,Melilotus officinalis,Medicago sativa,bio-ball substrate,and bio-sheet substrate showed reduction efficiencies for TN and TP of 21.09% and 23.84%,12.06% and 26.67%,20.08% and 34.15%,23.65% and 20.56%,and 19.92% and 25.83%,respectively.The emergent plant area showed reduction efficiencies of 24.28%for TN and 17.89%for TP,while the submerged plant area achieved a reduction efficiency of 10.21%for both TN and TP.Among the different treatment modes,the ecological ditch with M.sativa performed better in TP removal,whereas the bio-ball substrate treatment mode showed higher effectiveness in TN removal.In addition,the emergent plant area exhibited better TP removal performance,while the submerged plant area was more effective in TN removal.The combined system of ecological ditch and constructed wetland achieved removal rates of 37.55% for TN and 11.47% for TP.It effectively facilitates the step-by-step interception and adsorption purification of pollutants,thereby showing significant removal and purification effects on nitrogen and phosphorus contaminants.This contributes to mitigating agricultural non-point source pollution.[Conclusions]The combined ecological ditch-constructed wetland system serves dual functions of agricultural drainage and pollutant interception and purification.It reduces the pollution load of farmland drainage on receiving water bodies to some extent and mitigates agricultural non-point source pollution.Therefore,it is a relatively suitable technology for managing agricultural non-point source pollution in the Hetao Irrigation District.展开更多
The Toraja Highlands,encompassing Tana Toraja and North Toraja,form the strategic upper reaches of the Saddang Watershed in South Sulawesi,where steep terrain,active land-cover change,and high ecological sensitivity c...The Toraja Highlands,encompassing Tana Toraja and North Toraja,form the strategic upper reaches of the Saddang Watershed in South Sulawesi,where steep terrain,active land-cover change,and high ecological sensitivity converge.This study addresses the need for an objective and validated ecological sensitivity map to support sustainable mountain watershed management.We construct an ecological sensitivity index based on principal component analysis using four key indicators:land cover,vegetation density(NDVI),slope,and rainfall,and evaluate its reliability through multi-source validation.Inputs integrate national elevation models,Landsat 8 imagery,and satellite-derived rainfall.Rainfall represents a multi-year climatology for 2015–2024,whereas land cover and NDVI reflect recent surface conditions derived from a cloud-free 2024 composite.The resulting sensitivity zonation indicates that 41.10%of Tana Toraja and 67.11%of North Toraja fall into the very high sensitivity class,concentrated on steep slopes and intensively converted landscapes.Eventbased spatial cross-validation against independent landslide records yields overall accuracies of 67.65%and 66.67%,while field verification produces Kappa values of 0.847 and 0.871.Stakeholder appraisal further corroborates the mapped patterns.Together,these convergent lines of evidence identify priority areas for reforestation,soil conservation,slope stabilization,and sustainable watershed management.The transparent and reproducible workflow supports evidence-based risk reduction and resilience building in the upper reaches of the Saddang Watershed.展开更多
Urban spatial morphology(USM)optimization is critical to balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable urbanization.However,previous studies predominantly focused on the socio-economic efficiency and static ecol...Urban spatial morphology(USM)optimization is critical to balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable urbanization.However,previous studies predominantly focused on the socio-economic efficiency and static ecological metrics and rarely addressed the dynamic USM optimization across spatial scales.Here,we developed a multi-level ecological network(MEN)framework to resolve the tension between urban expansion and ecological integrity.By integrating the cost-weighted distance analysis with a hierarchical network transmission mechanism,we established a cross-scale spatial optimization system,which coordinated the regional ecological corridors and local habitat patches.Comparative experiments with conventional single-scale approaches and scenario simulations using the PLUS model show that the MEN framework had superior performance in three dimensions:(1)spatial governance:the primary-level network(peri-urban natural reserves)effectively contained urban sprawl,and the secondary-level network(intra-urban green corridors)mitigated habitat fragmentation and improved the built-environment;(2)scenario robustness:the model maintained an optimal compactness-loose balance in multiple development pathways;(3)landscape metrics:patch fragmentation decreased by 18.25%,and the internal landscape richness improved by 10.66%compared to the scenario without USM optimization.The findings provide new insight to establish a hierarchical ecological optimization framework as a nature-based spatial protocol to reconcile metropolitan growth with landscape sustainability.展开更多
Effective management of mining areas in the Luo River Basin,located in the eastern Qinling Mountains,is vital for the integrated protection and restoration needed to support the high-quality development of the Yellow ...Effective management of mining areas in the Luo River Basin,located in the eastern Qinling Mountains,is vital for the integrated protection and restoration needed to support the high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.Using the‘cupball'model,this study analyzes the limiting factors and restoration characteristics across four mining areas and proposes a conceptual model for selecting appropriate restoration approaches.A second conceptual model is then introduced to address regional development needs,incorporating ecological conservation,safety protection,and people's wellbeing.The applicability of the integrated model selection framework is demonstrated through a case study on the south bank of the Qinglongjian River.The results indicate that:(1)The key limiting factors are similar across cases,but the degree of ecological degradation varies.(2)Mildly degraded areas are represented by a shallower and narrower‘cup',where natural recovery is the preferred approach,whereas moderately and severely degraded systems call for assisted regeneration and ecological reconstruction,respectively.(3)When the restoration models determined based on limiting factors and development needs are consistent,the model is directly applicable;if they differ,the option involving less artificial intervention is preferred;(4)Monitoring of the restored mining area on the Qinglongjian River's south bank confirms significant improvements in soil erosion control and vegetation coverage.This study provides a transferable methodology for balancing resource extraction with ecosystem conservation,offering practical insights for other ecologically vulnerable mining regions.展开更多
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances(PFAS)have garnered significant global attention due to their widespread presence and potential environmental and health risks.However,research on the occurrence and environmental be...Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances(PFAS)have garnered significant global attention due to their widespread presence and potential environmental and health risks.However,research on the occurrence and environmental behavior of PFAS across different media remains limited.We analyzed the occurrence,distribution,sources,and ecological risks of 32 PFAS across multiple media in the Weihe River,China.The concentrations of PFAS ranged from 5.89 to 472.84 ng/L in the pore water and from 9.93 to 459.50 ng/L in surface water,exhibiting significant spatial variability(P<0.05).In contrast,the PFAS concentration range in the sediments was 0.74-1.81 ng/g dry weight,with no pronounced spatial variation in solid-phase PFAS(P>0.05).Vertically,concentrations in 33.00%of pore water samples exceeded those in surface water,showing a heterogeneous vertical distribution with enrichment at depths of 40-60 cm.The physical-chemical characteristics of PFAS and the hydrological and sedimentary processes at the basin scale were responsible for PFAS partitioning between the aquatic environment and sediments.Four major sources were identified through integrated source apportionment:industrial and domestic wastewater(58.25%),aqueous film-forming foam(18.07%),combined input from household pollution and metal plating(8.70%),and stormwater runoff and landfill leachate(14.98%).The ecological risk assessment revealed negligible risks from short-chain PFAS in surface water and pore water,whereas long-chain PFAS posed low to moderate ecological risks.Furthermore,the discharge of PFAS from the Weihe River to the Yellow River was estimated up to 708.20 kg/a.This study provides critical data informing strategies for mitigating PFAS pollution in rivers across typical arid and semi-arid areas of China.展开更多
Typhoons are strong air–sea interactions that significantly affect the physical and biogeochemical processes of the upper ocean. Based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System-Carbon–Silicate–Nitrate Ecosystem coupled...Typhoons are strong air–sea interactions that significantly affect the physical and biogeochemical processes of the upper ocean. Based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System-Carbon–Silicate–Nitrate Ecosystem coupled model, the influence of Typhoon Bolaven(2012) on physical and ecological variables in the East China Sea and the underlying mechanisms were investigated. The results showed that the typhoon induced intense vertical mixing in the upper ocean,leading to sea surface cooling, increased salinity, nutrient concentrations, and phytoplankton blooms. Conversely, warming,reduced salinity, and decreased nutrient concentrations occurred in the subsurface layer. In the Yangtze River Estuary, the passage of typhoons effectively affected wind and current directions, shaping the dipole distribution patterns of the environmental elements. Diagnostic analysis indicated that tropical cyclone-induced horizontal advection is key in driving changes in both the physical and ecological variables within the estuary region. This study provides novel insights into the physical-ecological coupling processes and driving mechanisms governing oceanic environmental changes during typhoon events, particularly in the waters adjacent to the Yangtze River Estuary.展开更多
This study aims to explore how the Wei River Basin can enhance the efficiency of horizontal ecological compensation to promote high-quality and sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin.To achieve this,a four-...This study aims to explore how the Wei River Basin can enhance the efficiency of horizontal ecological compensation to promote high-quality and sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin.To achieve this,a four-stage DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis)method was employed to evaluate the efficiency of ecological compensation in six prefecture-level cities within the Wei River Basin from 2001 to 2022.In addition,the K-prototype clustering analysis method was integrated to assess the regional differences in ECE(ecological compensation efficiency).The findings indicate:(1)the ecological compensation efficiency in the upstream areas of the Wei River Basin is significantly higher than in the downstream regions;(2)the influence of factors such as the proportion of the tertiary industry,population density and residents’disposable income on the efficiency of ecological compensation is significant;(3)after excluding environmental factors,the overall ecological compensation efficiency showed a significant improvement.Based on these insights,it is recommended that the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu further establish a robust compensation fund operation mechanism,build a cross-regional ecological compensation upstream-downstream coordination system,and strengthen inter-basin economic cooperation mechanisms to promote dual-driven development through technological advancement and scale benefits,thereby advancing ecological protection and sustainable development in the Wei River Basin.展开更多
Great Lakes Regions(GLRs)in China often confront landscape fragmentation,wetland degradation,and ecological resilience(ER)losses owing to extensive and intensive urbanization.In GLRs,however,the ER responses to urbani...Great Lakes Regions(GLRs)in China often confront landscape fragmentation,wetland degradation,and ecological resilience(ER)losses owing to extensive and intensive urbanization.In GLRs,however,the ER responses to urbanization remain unclear.This study explored the spatiotemporal evolution of ER and urbanization in five GLRs in China to analyze the ER dynamic patterns along center−lakeside−periphery gradient.The Spatial Durbin Model(SDM)and Panel Threshold Model(PTM)were combined to reveal the spillover and threshold effects of urbanization in five GLRs.The results indicate that the ER in five GLRs declined with a rate of 21%from 2000 to 2020.There was a clear“center-periphery”contraction trend with low ER areas primarily spreading to human activity-concentrated regions such as lakesides,riversides,and road networks.Driven by economic and land urbanization,the average urbanization level increased from 0.06 to 0.13,where lakesides,riversides,and road networks were key areas undergoing expansion.The urbanization showed a noticeable negative spatial spillover effect on ER.Away from central lakes,the negative impacts on ER exhibited a two-phase decrease with the threshold of 81 km.This study contributes to the understanding of human-environment interactions by examining the ecological resilience response process of GLRs under the impact of urbanization.Based on a multidimensional“center−lakeside−periphery”analytical model,this study provides a strategic framework for ecological construction in GLRs in China,promoting sustainable development and adaptive capacity in vulnerable areas.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[Grant No.42361040].
文摘Under the influence of human activities,landscape fragmentation in the Wei River Basin(WRB)has become increasingly severe.Upstream development has intensified soil erosion,and industrial and agricultural pollution in the middle reaches has degraded water quality.Rapid urbanization has further caused habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss.Collectively,these challenges threaten human well-being and hinder sustainable development,making the construction and optimization of an ecological security pattern(ESP)urgently necessary.However,existing studies often fail to systematically integrate future landscape ecological risk(LER)assessment with ESP optimization.This study evaluated regional LER using the“ecological patches-ecological resistance surface(ERS)-ecological corridor”framework,combined with land-use predictions under three development scenarios,and optimized the ESP by adjusting the ERS and extracting ecological corridors.The results indicate that the LER in the WRB follows an“inverted N”distribution,with low-risk areas concentrated in forested mountain regions and high-risk areas mainly in cultivated land subject to intensive human activity.Across future scenarios,ESPs showed fewer ecological breakpoints and improved landscape connectivity than the 2020 baseline.Scenario-based differences emerged in the spatial configuration of ERS adjustments,with the ecological protection scenario yielding the lowest LER and most favorable ESP.This study demonstrates the deep integration of multi-scenario simulation with LER assessment,providing a new framework for ESP optimization.The findings have guiding significance for ecological protection and coordinated development in the WRB and offer a novel paradigm for sustainable development in ecologically fragile basins worldwide.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2023J01434)the Science and Technology Innovation Special Fund Project of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University(KFb22028XA)。
文摘Addressing the widespread issues of internal fragmentation within protected areas and the neglect of surrounding critical habitat networks,this study aims to develop an assessment framework for the precise identification and remediation of regional conservation gaps.To this end,we introduce the Framework for Conservation Priority Identification(FCPI).The framework integrates Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis(MSPA),the Remote Sensing Ecological Index(RSEI),Circuit Theory,and the Minimum Cumulative Resistance(MCR)model to formulate a multidimensional conservation priority index.This index facilitates the identification of critical ecological network components and enables the dynamic prioritization of conservation efforts.A case study of Fuzhou City from 2014 to 2020 reveals that despite an overall improvement in regional environmental quality,the functionality of core ecological sources has markedly declined.Between 2014 and 2020,the number of ecological sources grew by 76.9%,yet their total area shrank by 13.9%.Concurrently,the number of ecological corridors rose from 27 to 53,extending their total length by 380.23 km,which indicates an intensifying trend of habitat fragmentation.Furthermore,a significant number of crucial ecological network nodes,particularly within Minhou County,lie explicitly outside the existing protected area system.This confirms the presence of conservation gaps and unveils the spatiotemporal dynamics of shifting conservation priorities.The research validates that the proposed FCPI can effectively diagnose the dynamic deficiencies within conservation systems.It offers scientific decisionsupport for local governments,facilitating a transition from isolated conservation efforts towards systematic and comprehensive ecological network governance.
文摘Tourism’s link to the Sustainable Development Goals has been a continuing emphasis,adding momentum to longstandingefforts to ensure tourism’s sustainability.Tourism transport is one of the largest sources of anthropogenic carbonemissions,driving global ecological change with profound consequences for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.Large-scale infrastructure projects such as railway expansion are increasingly promoted for their potential to reducetourism-related carbon dioxide emissions,yet their spatial ecological impacts on regional carbon cycles and ecosystemservices remain poorly understood.This study introduces the concept of Tourism Transport Ecological Efficiency(TTEE)to assess the relationship between human infrastructure,carbon emissions,and ecological sustainability.Using panel datafrom China’s railway expansion between 2011 and 2018,the study provides spatially explicit evidence of how transportinfrastructure shapes tourism’s ecological footprint.Results show that non-Eastern regions experienced a greater increasein TTEE(8.7%)compared to Eastern regions(5.5%),highlighting regional disparities in tourism transport ecologicalsustainability.Railway density had a significant positive direct effect on TTEE,particularly pronounced in non-Easternregions.Additionally,a significant indirect effect of railway density in nearby regions was identified.These findings revealthe interconnected ecological impacts of transport systems and underscore the importance of regionally targeted railwayinvestment strategies.By bridging infrastructure development with ecological processes,this study advances understandingof how tourism transport can be aligned with global carbon reduction goals and ecosystem protection.
文摘Over 20 years,Liu and her team tackled one challenge after another in this Jiaxing“experimental field,”witnessing a historic transformation in water quality.ON March 7,Liu Rui,deputy to the National People’s Congress(NPC),China’s top legislature,vice president of the Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University,Zhejiang(YDRI),and director of its Department of Environmental Technology and Ecology,sat down with China Today during the“two sessions”to share her story of two decades of dedicated work in aquatic ecological governance in the Yangtze River Delta.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32360084).
文摘In recent years,intensified land use change driven by climate change and human activities have markedly impacted the ecological environmental quality of the arid inland river basins.The implementation of forestry projects,coupled with continuous population growth,has increased the need for systematic assessments of ecological effects to ensure sustainable development in arid inland river basins.This study generated a 22-a(2000-2021)remote sensing ecological index(RSEI)data series for the Manas River Basin,a typical arid inland river basin in China,utilizing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS)data and the Google Earth Engine(GEE)platform.We examined the spatiotemporal patterns of ecological environmental quality in the Manas River Basin through the Theil-Sen estimator,Mann-Kendall trend test,coefficient of variation(CV),and Hurst index.Furthermore,we employed the Optimal Parameter-based Geographical Detector(OPGD)method to quantify the influence of seven key drivers:elevation,slope,temperature,precipitation,gross domestic product(GDP),population density,and land use change.The key findings revealed that the basin's ecological environmental quality showed significant improvement(mean RSEI of 0.38,with a range of 0.34-0.41),with areas exhibiting good and excellent grades increasing by 16.71%,particularly in the midstream oasis region and upstream mountainous region,while areas exhibiting poor and relatively poor grades decreased by 11.52%in the downstream desert region.Spatial heterogeneity of ecological environmental quality was pronounced,with 32.23%of the areas showing localized degradation,the midstream oasis region exhibiting sustainable recovery potential(Hurst index>0.50),and only 36.67%of the areas maintaining stable and highly stable conditions(primarily in the upstream mountainous region).The OPGD analysis revealed that temperature(q-value=0.496-0.780),land use change(q-value=0.705-0.782),and elevation(q-value=0.245-0.637)were dominant factors,with the influence of land use change increasing during 2000-2020.Strong interaction effects emerged between land use change and temperature(q-value>0.705)and between land use change and elevation(q-value=0.751 in 2020),highlighting intensified human-nature coupling.These findings provide vital perspectives for ecosystem management in arid inland river basins under both climate and anthropogenic pressures.
基金funded by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tianshan Talent Training Program(2023TSYCLJ0047)the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(2023D01D18)+1 种基金the Key Research and Development Project of Xinjiang(2022B03024-1)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps(2022DB023)。
文摘Scientifically constructing an ecological security pattern(ESP)is an important spatial analysis approach to improve ecological functions in arid areas and achieve sustainable development.However,previous research methods ignored the complex trade-offs between ecosystem services in the process of constructing ESP.Taking the mainstream of the Tarim River Basin(MTRB),China as the study area,this study set seven risk scenarios by applying Ordered Weighted Averaging(OWA)model to trade-off the importance of the four ecosystem services adopted by this study(water conservation,carbon storage,habitat quality,and biodiversity conservation),thereby identifying priority protection areas for ecosystem services.And then,this study identified ecological sources by integrating ecosystem service importance with eco-environmental sensitivity.Using circuit theory,the ecological corridors and nodes were extracted to construct the ESP.The results revealed significant spatial heterogeneity in the four ecosystem services across the study area,primarily driven by hydrological gradients and human activity intensity.The ESP of the MTRB included 34 ecological sources with a total area of 1471.38 km^(2),66 ecological corridors with a length of about 1597.45 km,11 ecological pinch points,and 13 ecological barrier points distributed on the ecological corridors.The spatial differentiation of the ESP was obvious,with the upper and middle reaches of the MTRB having a large number of ecological sources and exhibiting higher clustering of ecological corridors compared with the lower reaches.The upper and middle reaches require ecological protection to sustain the existing ecosystem,while the lower reaches need to carry out ecological restoration measures including desertification control.Overall,this study makes up for the shortcomings of constructing ESP simply by spatial superposition of ecosystem service functions and can effectively improve the robustness and stability of ESP construction.
基金supported by the Science Fund for the Gansu Provincial Natural Science Foundation Project(22JR5RA339).
文摘Land use/cover change(LUCC)constitutes the spatial and temporal patterns of ecological security,and the construction of ecological networks is an effective way to ensure ecological security.Exploring the spatial and temporal change characteristics of ecological network and analyzing the integrated relationship between LUCC and ecological security are crucial for ensuring regional ecological security.Gansu is one of the provinces with fragile ecological environment in China,and rapid changes in land use patterns in recent decades have threatened ecological security.Therefore,taking Gansu Province as the study area,this study simulated its land use pattern in 2050 using patch-generating land use simulation(PLUS)model based on the LUCC trend from 2000 to 2020 and integrated the LUCC into morphological spatial pattern analysis(MSPA)to identify ecological sources and extract the ecological corridors to construct ecological network using circuit theory.The results revealed that,according to the prediction results in 2050,the areas of cultivated land,forest land,grassland,water body,construction land,and unused land would be 63,447.52,39,510.80,148,115.18,4605.21,8368.89,and 161,752.40 km^(2),respectively.The number of ecological sources in Gansu Province would increase to 80,with a total area of 99,927.18 km^(2).The number of ecological corridors would increase to 191,with an estimated total length of 6120.66 km.Both ecological sources and ecological corridors showed a sparse distribution in the northwest and dense distribution in the southeast of the province at the spatial scale.The number of ecological pinch points would reach 312 and the total area would expect to increase to 842.84 km^(2),with the most pronounced increase in the Longdong region.Compared with 2020,the number and area of ecological barriers in 2050 would decrease significantly by 63 and 370.71 km^(2),respectively.In general,based on the prediction results,the connectivity of ecological network of Gansu Province would increase in 2050.To achieve the predicted ecological network in 2050,emphasis should be placed on the protection of cultivated land and ecological land,the establishment of ecological sources in desert areas,the reinforcement of the protection for existing ecological sources,and the construction of ecological corridors to enhance the stability of ecological network.This study provides valuable theoretical support and references for the future construction of ecological networks and regional land resource management decision-making.
基金supported by Hebei Natural Science Foundation(No.JZX2023018)Hebei Natural Science Foundation(No.C2022201042)the 100 Foreign Experts Plans of Hebei Province(No.606080123001).
文摘Antibiotics are widespread in aquatic environments due to their extensive use in human healthcare and ani-mal husbandry.However,research on the occurrence and bioaccumulation of antibiotics in aquatic organisms within shallow wetland lakes remains limited.This study investigated the occurrence and bioaccumulation of ten commonly used antibiotics in the Baiyang Lake,northern China’s largest shallow wetland lake.The results indicated that sulfonamides and fluoroquinolones were the predominant antibiotics in surface water,whereas fluoroquinolones and macrolides were more prevalent in sediment.Fluoroquinolones demonstrated significant potential for bioaccumulation in targeted aquatic organisms,including both animals and plants(Carassius au-ratus and Phragmites australis).The bioaccumulation of antibiotics in Carassius auratus was correlated with their solubility,whereas in Phragmites australis,this was associated with their octanol-water partition coefficients and molecular weights.Ecological risk assessment indicated that most antibiotics posed minimal to low risk levels.However,four antibiotics were exceptions:clarithromycin(12.5%)and sulfamethoxazole(6.25%)presented a high risk in surface water samples,while norfloxacin(25.0%)and ciprofloxacin(25.0%)posed a high risk in sediment samples.Norfloxacin,ciprofloxacin,and roxithromycin were identified as key indicator antibiotics for enhancing the local monitoring and control of antibiotic contamination based on four criteria:(1)high con-centrations,(2)frequent detection,(3)capacity for bioaccumulation,and(4)ecological risk levels.This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the status of antibiotic contamination,bioaccumulation characteristics,and ecological risk in Baiyang Lake,thereby supporting efforts to monitor and regulate antibiotic pollution.
文摘Under the strategic framework of rural revitalization and agricultural modernization, Xinjiashan Specialty Coffee Base, located in Zaotang Village, Lujiang Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City, has been proactively investigating innovative models for agricultural development. Through extensive communication and collaboration, this base has established close partnerships with research institutions including Kunming University of Science and Technology, Baoshan University, and Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with a commitment to thoroughly exploring the potential for resource recycling and ecological complementarity. An innovative four-in-one three-dimensional integrated planting system incorporating "coffee, bananas, green manure, and bees" has been implemented. Concurrently, technological and digital management strategies have been comprehensively integrated to improve planting efficiency. Under this model, the proportion of specialty coffee attains 71%, and the per-unit yield is 17% greater than that of the conventional planting model. This approach not only substantially enhances economic returns but also promotes the integrated development of ecological and social benefits, offering a valuable practical example and experiential reference for the specialty and sustainable advancement of the coffee industry in comparable regions.
文摘This study comprehensively measures the ecological resilience level of seven provinces in the strategic hinterland of Western China during 2013-2023.It constructs an ecological resilience evaluation system covering the three dimensions of"Resistance-Adaptability-Recovery"and adopts the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method for objective weighting and comprehensive ranking.The results show that:(1)The overall ecological resilience of the strategic hinterlands in Western China presents a steady upward trend,evolving from a low resilience level to a medium resilience range over the decade,with continuous investment in ecological governance and institutional supply gradually transformed into resilience enhancement effects in the long run;(2)Ecological resilience exhibits a typical pattern characterized by"high-level stability of Resistance,continuous improvement of Recovery,and relative lag of Adaptability,"among which Recovery shows the most remarkable growth rate,while Adaptability fluctuates significantly and constitutes a key bottleneck for overall leapfrog development;(3)As core carrying areas,Sichuan and Shaanxi perform outstandingly,and Guizhou demonstrates a remarkable upward momentum,while Qinghai,Ningxia,Gansu and other regions still face constraints such as limited ecological governance capacity and relatively strong structural pressures.Based on the differentiated evolutionary characteristics of the three dimensions,the study proposes enhancement paths including constructing a cross-regional ecological security barrier,breaking through the bottleneck of Adaptability,and driving high-quality resilient growth with Recovery.
文摘The environment and its preservation are becoming more and more dependent on ecological development in an age of accelerating climate risk,biodiversity loss,and pressures of pollution.This review summarizes the frontiers of innovation that are capable of enhancing integration of human development and ecological integrity,and how the interaction between technical,ecological,and institutional innovations can produce real-world results.We initially discuss developing ecological innovations that offer new opportunities to urban development,such as low-impact cities,ecological infrastructure,clean energy transitions,and biodiversity-informed siting,and digital decision-support systems enhancing planning and resource efficiency.Then,we evaluate progress in the field of preservation and restoration,with a particular focus on nature-based solutions,a process-based approach to restoration science,connectivity conservation,and a watershed-scale and seascape-scale approach to restore resilience and help recover biodiversity.In these spheres,we discover measurement,monitoring,and verification(MRV),one of the main pillars of scale alongside remote sensing,automated field monitoring,environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid(DNA),and Artificial Intelligence(AI)-enabled analytics,increasing the range of trackable and manageable indices as well as creating new issues with baselines,uncertainty,and data ethics.Lastly,we compare governance,finance,and equity as key conversion processes that can turn innovations into sustainable dividends with authenticity principles,however,of additionality,permanence,and leakage avoidance,and with rightsbased and redistributive mechanisms and approaches that reinforce legitimacy.We end by providing a portfolio roadmap of prioritization of the interventions that have high co-benefits and the identification of critical research and institutional gaps to provide net-positive ecological results.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2025YFE0103800,2023YFE0102600,2024YFE0214200).
文摘Livestock farming is a critical pillar of Tajikistan’s national economy and livelihood security.However,significant economic challenges in the country have led to the degradation of grassland ecosystems.This degradation has not only reduced the productivity of grassland ecosystems but also severely impacted their ecological functions.A particularly concerning consequence is the threat to biodiversity,as the survival and persistence of endemic,rare,and endangered plant species are at serious risk,thereby diminishing the value of species’genetic resources.Based on the data from multiple sources such as literature reviews,field observations,and national statistics,this study employed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to investigate the current status,causes of degradation,and restoration measures for grassland ecosystems in Tajikistan.The results revealed that Tajikistan’s grassland ecosystems support exceptionally high plant species diversity,comprising over 4500 vascular plant species,including nearly 1500 endemic and sub-endemic taxa that constitute a unique genetic reservoir.These ecosystems are experiencing severe degradation,characterized by significantly reduced vegetation cover and declining species richness.Palatable forage species are increasingly being displaced by unpalatable,thorny,and poisonous species.The primary drivers of degradation include excessive grazing pressure,which disrupts plant reproductive cycles and regeneration capacity,habitat fragmentation due to urbanization and infrastructure development,and uncontrolled exploitation of medicinal and edible plants.Climate change,particularly rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns,further exacerbates these anthropogenic pressures.Ecological restoration experiments suggested that both ecosystem productivity and plant species diversity are significantly enhanced by systematic reseeding trials using altitude-adapted native species.These findings underscore the necessity of establishing scientifically grounded approaches for ecological restoration.
基金Supported by Special Fund Project for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(2021CG0013)Bayannur City Science and Technology Plan Project(K202014)+1 种基金Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan Project(2022YFHH0088)Research Special Project of the Education Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(STAQZX202320).
文摘[Objectives]To explore the control mode of farmland drainage pollutants and investigate the effects of ecological ditch and wetland on reducing farmland drainage pollutants in Hetao Irrigation District.[Methods]Based on the demonstration construction project of the ecological ditch-constructed wetland system in the Hetao Irrigation District,an experimental study was conducted from July to September 2023 to investigate the interception and purification effects of ecological ditches,constructed wetlands,and the combined ecological ditch-constructed wetland system on farmland drainage pollutants.Key water quality parameters measured included total nitrogen(TN)concentration and total phosphorus(TP)concentration.[Results]Different treatment modes of ecological ditches and constructed wetlands have a certain removal effect on nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants in water bodies.The ecological ditches treated with Astragalus laxmannii,Melilotus officinalis,Medicago sativa,bio-ball substrate,and bio-sheet substrate showed reduction efficiencies for TN and TP of 21.09% and 23.84%,12.06% and 26.67%,20.08% and 34.15%,23.65% and 20.56%,and 19.92% and 25.83%,respectively.The emergent plant area showed reduction efficiencies of 24.28%for TN and 17.89%for TP,while the submerged plant area achieved a reduction efficiency of 10.21%for both TN and TP.Among the different treatment modes,the ecological ditch with M.sativa performed better in TP removal,whereas the bio-ball substrate treatment mode showed higher effectiveness in TN removal.In addition,the emergent plant area exhibited better TP removal performance,while the submerged plant area was more effective in TN removal.The combined system of ecological ditch and constructed wetland achieved removal rates of 37.55% for TN and 11.47% for TP.It effectively facilitates the step-by-step interception and adsorption purification of pollutants,thereby showing significant removal and purification effects on nitrogen and phosphorus contaminants.This contributes to mitigating agricultural non-point source pollution.[Conclusions]The combined ecological ditch-constructed wetland system serves dual functions of agricultural drainage and pollutant interception and purification.It reduces the pollution load of farmland drainage on receiving water bodies to some extent and mitigates agricultural non-point source pollution.Therefore,it is a relatively suitable technology for managing agricultural non-point source pollution in the Hetao Irrigation District.
基金funded by the Ministry of Higher Education,Science and Technology,Republic of Indonesia through the Indonesia Collaborative Research(Riset Kolaborasi Indonesia)grant(Number:01319/UN4.22/PT.01.03/2025)。
文摘The Toraja Highlands,encompassing Tana Toraja and North Toraja,form the strategic upper reaches of the Saddang Watershed in South Sulawesi,where steep terrain,active land-cover change,and high ecological sensitivity converge.This study addresses the need for an objective and validated ecological sensitivity map to support sustainable mountain watershed management.We construct an ecological sensitivity index based on principal component analysis using four key indicators:land cover,vegetation density(NDVI),slope,and rainfall,and evaluate its reliability through multi-source validation.Inputs integrate national elevation models,Landsat 8 imagery,and satellite-derived rainfall.Rainfall represents a multi-year climatology for 2015–2024,whereas land cover and NDVI reflect recent surface conditions derived from a cloud-free 2024 composite.The resulting sensitivity zonation indicates that 41.10%of Tana Toraja and 67.11%of North Toraja fall into the very high sensitivity class,concentrated on steep slopes and intensively converted landscapes.Eventbased spatial cross-validation against independent landslide records yields overall accuracies of 67.65%and 66.67%,while field verification produces Kappa values of 0.847 and 0.871.Stakeholder appraisal further corroborates the mapped patterns.Together,these convergent lines of evidence identify priority areas for reforestation,soil conservation,slope stabilization,and sustainable watershed management.The transparent and reproducible workflow supports evidence-based risk reduction and resilience building in the upper reaches of the Saddang Watershed.
基金National Key Research and Development Program of China,No.2019YFD1101304National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.52278059+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China,No.2024JJ8316Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation For Postgraduate,No.CX20250634。
文摘Urban spatial morphology(USM)optimization is critical to balancing biodiversity conservation and sustainable urbanization.However,previous studies predominantly focused on the socio-economic efficiency and static ecological metrics and rarely addressed the dynamic USM optimization across spatial scales.Here,we developed a multi-level ecological network(MEN)framework to resolve the tension between urban expansion and ecological integrity.By integrating the cost-weighted distance analysis with a hierarchical network transmission mechanism,we established a cross-scale spatial optimization system,which coordinated the regional ecological corridors and local habitat patches.Comparative experiments with conventional single-scale approaches and scenario simulations using the PLUS model show that the MEN framework had superior performance in three dimensions:(1)spatial governance:the primary-level network(peri-urban natural reserves)effectively contained urban sprawl,and the secondary-level network(intra-urban green corridors)mitigated habitat fragmentation and improved the built-environment;(2)scenario robustness:the model maintained an optimal compactness-loose balance in multiple development pathways;(3)landscape metrics:patch fragmentation decreased by 18.25%,and the internal landscape richness improved by 10.66%compared to the scenario without USM optimization.The findings provide new insight to establish a hierarchical ecological optimization framework as a nature-based spatial protocol to reconcile metropolitan growth with landscape sustainability.
基金supported by Special major projects for research and development of Henan Provincial(Science and Technology Research Project)(No.252102321104)Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation,Ministry of Education(24YJCZH410)。
文摘Effective management of mining areas in the Luo River Basin,located in the eastern Qinling Mountains,is vital for the integrated protection and restoration needed to support the high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.Using the‘cupball'model,this study analyzes the limiting factors and restoration characteristics across four mining areas and proposes a conceptual model for selecting appropriate restoration approaches.A second conceptual model is then introduced to address regional development needs,incorporating ecological conservation,safety protection,and people's wellbeing.The applicability of the integrated model selection framework is demonstrated through a case study on the south bank of the Qinglongjian River.The results indicate that:(1)The key limiting factors are similar across cases,but the degree of ecological degradation varies.(2)Mildly degraded areas are represented by a shallower and narrower‘cup',where natural recovery is the preferred approach,whereas moderately and severely degraded systems call for assisted regeneration and ecological reconstruction,respectively.(3)When the restoration models determined based on limiting factors and development needs are consistent,the model is directly applicable;if they differ,the option involving less artificial intervention is preferred;(4)Monitoring of the restored mining area on the Qinglongjian River's south bank confirms significant improvements in soil erosion control and vegetation coverage.This study provides a transferable methodology for balancing resource extraction with ecosystem conservation,offering practical insights for other ecologically vulnerable mining regions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42230513)the Research Project on Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development in the Yellow River Basin,China(2022-YRUC-01-0101)the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province,China(2022JC-LHJJ-11).
文摘Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances(PFAS)have garnered significant global attention due to their widespread presence and potential environmental and health risks.However,research on the occurrence and environmental behavior of PFAS across different media remains limited.We analyzed the occurrence,distribution,sources,and ecological risks of 32 PFAS across multiple media in the Weihe River,China.The concentrations of PFAS ranged from 5.89 to 472.84 ng/L in the pore water and from 9.93 to 459.50 ng/L in surface water,exhibiting significant spatial variability(P<0.05).In contrast,the PFAS concentration range in the sediments was 0.74-1.81 ng/g dry weight,with no pronounced spatial variation in solid-phase PFAS(P>0.05).Vertically,concentrations in 33.00%of pore water samples exceeded those in surface water,showing a heterogeneous vertical distribution with enrichment at depths of 40-60 cm.The physical-chemical characteristics of PFAS and the hydrological and sedimentary processes at the basin scale were responsible for PFAS partitioning between the aquatic environment and sediments.Four major sources were identified through integrated source apportionment:industrial and domestic wastewater(58.25%),aqueous film-forming foam(18.07%),combined input from household pollution and metal plating(8.70%),and stormwater runoff and landfill leachate(14.98%).The ecological risk assessment revealed negligible risks from short-chain PFAS in surface water and pore water,whereas long-chain PFAS posed low to moderate ecological risks.Furthermore,the discharge of PFAS from the Weihe River to the Yellow River was estimated up to 708.20 kg/a.This study provides critical data informing strategies for mitigating PFAS pollution in rivers across typical arid and semi-arid areas of China.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(42192552,42475011)。
文摘Typhoons are strong air–sea interactions that significantly affect the physical and biogeochemical processes of the upper ocean. Based on the Regional Ocean Modeling System-Carbon–Silicate–Nitrate Ecosystem coupled model, the influence of Typhoon Bolaven(2012) on physical and ecological variables in the East China Sea and the underlying mechanisms were investigated. The results showed that the typhoon induced intense vertical mixing in the upper ocean,leading to sea surface cooling, increased salinity, nutrient concentrations, and phytoplankton blooms. Conversely, warming,reduced salinity, and decreased nutrient concentrations occurred in the subsurface layer. In the Yangtze River Estuary, the passage of typhoons effectively affected wind and current directions, shaping the dipole distribution patterns of the environmental elements. Diagnostic analysis indicated that tropical cyclone-induced horizontal advection is key in driving changes in both the physical and ecological variables within the estuary region. This study provides novel insights into the physical-ecological coupling processes and driving mechanisms governing oceanic environmental changes during typhoon events, particularly in the waters adjacent to the Yangtze River Estuary.
基金funded by the Gansu Soft Science Planning Project(Grant No.25JRZA170).
文摘This study aims to explore how the Wei River Basin can enhance the efficiency of horizontal ecological compensation to promote high-quality and sustainable development in the Yellow River Basin.To achieve this,a four-stage DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis)method was employed to evaluate the efficiency of ecological compensation in six prefecture-level cities within the Wei River Basin from 2001 to 2022.In addition,the K-prototype clustering analysis method was integrated to assess the regional differences in ECE(ecological compensation efficiency).The findings indicate:(1)the ecological compensation efficiency in the upstream areas of the Wei River Basin is significantly higher than in the downstream regions;(2)the influence of factors such as the proportion of the tertiary industry,population density and residents’disposable income on the efficiency of ecological compensation is significant;(3)after excluding environmental factors,the overall ecological compensation efficiency showed a significant improvement.Based on these insights,it is recommended that the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu further establish a robust compensation fund operation mechanism,build a cross-regional ecological compensation upstream-downstream coordination system,and strengthen inter-basin economic cooperation mechanisms to promote dual-driven development through technological advancement and scale benefits,thereby advancing ecological protection and sustainable development in the Wei River Basin.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.42301226,42271209 and 42471199)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2024CDJXY014)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(Grant No.20242BAB25170)Special Funds for Water Resources in Jiangxi Province(Science and Technology Projects)(Grant No.202425YBKT16)the Young Talent Cultivation and Innovation Fund Project of Nanchang University(Grant No.XX202506030028).
文摘Great Lakes Regions(GLRs)in China often confront landscape fragmentation,wetland degradation,and ecological resilience(ER)losses owing to extensive and intensive urbanization.In GLRs,however,the ER responses to urbanization remain unclear.This study explored the spatiotemporal evolution of ER and urbanization in five GLRs in China to analyze the ER dynamic patterns along center−lakeside−periphery gradient.The Spatial Durbin Model(SDM)and Panel Threshold Model(PTM)were combined to reveal the spillover and threshold effects of urbanization in five GLRs.The results indicate that the ER in five GLRs declined with a rate of 21%from 2000 to 2020.There was a clear“center-periphery”contraction trend with low ER areas primarily spreading to human activity-concentrated regions such as lakesides,riversides,and road networks.Driven by economic and land urbanization,the average urbanization level increased from 0.06 to 0.13,where lakesides,riversides,and road networks were key areas undergoing expansion.The urbanization showed a noticeable negative spatial spillover effect on ER.Away from central lakes,the negative impacts on ER exhibited a two-phase decrease with the threshold of 81 km.This study contributes to the understanding of human-environment interactions by examining the ecological resilience response process of GLRs under the impact of urbanization.Based on a multidimensional“center−lakeside−periphery”analytical model,this study provides a strategic framework for ecological construction in GLRs in China,promoting sustainable development and adaptive capacity in vulnerable areas.
