From June 23 to 27,2025,the 11 th Ecosystem Services Partnership World Conference(ESP11)was held at the Darwin Convention Centre in Australia,with the theme of"From global to local ecosystem services:pathways to ...From June 23 to 27,2025,the 11 th Ecosystem Services Partnership World Conference(ESP11)was held at the Darwin Convention Centre in Australia,with the theme of"From global to local ecosystem services:pathways to Nature-based Solutions inspired from Down Under".As the founder of the theory of soil and water ecology,the author was invited to attend the conference and delivered an English academic report at the B2—Healing riverscapes venue.Before and after the conference(June 19-July 5,2025),the author also conducted soil and water ecological investigations in various locations such as Australia s Great Ocean Road,Penguin Island,Kiama Blowhole,and Kakadu National Park.The insights from the Australia investigation regarding soil and water ecology are:①preserving the native soil and water ecology;②protecting the culture of soil and water ecology;③achieving both ecological and economic benefits.The soil and water ecological insights from the International Conference on Healing Riverscapes include:①advocating for near-natural engineering methods;②integrating river healing techniques,methods,and philosophies with community needs;③emphasizing flood mitigation and disaster resilience;④valuing the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples in protecting the soil and water ecosystem;and⑤maintaining the health of river ecosystems.Theory and practice demonstrate that the theory of soil and water ecology is a theoretical distillation of Nature-based Solutions(NbS),serving as a common theoretical foundation in the field of ecological environment and possessing universal significance globally.展开更多
Rivers have been degraded globally due to various reasons over centuries and limiting their ecological health and value, including Ganga River in India. Riverscape approach can provide relevant information on riverine...Rivers have been degraded globally due to various reasons over centuries and limiting their ecological health and value, including Ganga River in India. Riverscape approach can provide relevant information on riverine resources needed in river restoration programmes. We propose a conceptual riverscape model to rejuvenate the holy river Ganga in India through forestry interventions after due consideration of ecological processes, mosaic of landforms, communities and environment within the large landscape of Ganga basin. The select riverscape area includes the area of 5 km and 2 km on either side of the river Ganga and important tributaries, respectively, all along the rivers in five stakeholder states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal in the country. The width of the riverscape was taken from the maximum bank line in recent years on either side of river in the concerned state. However, all micro-watersheds in the hills of Uttarakhand state, being the origin place of river, have been included in riverscape area up to Haridwar. Here riverscape is a mosaic of different land uses viz., natural ecosystems, rural and agricultural ecosystems and built-up urban environment including flood plain and is an ecologically sustained system developed during the last 30 years due to river meandering all along the river. Geospatial modelling and GIS data on land use pattern, soil erosion rates, slope of the topography, etc. were used to classify riverscape area into high, medium and low priority areas to implement forestry interventions in delineated riverscape. Thereafter, forestry interventions were planned and carried out in three identified landscapes viz., Natural (forests), Agriculture (agroforestry), and Urban along with conservation activities. Forestry interventions in delineated riverscape are expected to increase water recharge<sup> </sup>and decrease the sedimentation load in the Ganga River and its tributaries.展开更多
文摘From June 23 to 27,2025,the 11 th Ecosystem Services Partnership World Conference(ESP11)was held at the Darwin Convention Centre in Australia,with the theme of"From global to local ecosystem services:pathways to Nature-based Solutions inspired from Down Under".As the founder of the theory of soil and water ecology,the author was invited to attend the conference and delivered an English academic report at the B2—Healing riverscapes venue.Before and after the conference(June 19-July 5,2025),the author also conducted soil and water ecological investigations in various locations such as Australia s Great Ocean Road,Penguin Island,Kiama Blowhole,and Kakadu National Park.The insights from the Australia investigation regarding soil and water ecology are:①preserving the native soil and water ecology;②protecting the culture of soil and water ecology;③achieving both ecological and economic benefits.The soil and water ecological insights from the International Conference on Healing Riverscapes include:①advocating for near-natural engineering methods;②integrating river healing techniques,methods,and philosophies with community needs;③emphasizing flood mitigation and disaster resilience;④valuing the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples in protecting the soil and water ecosystem;and⑤maintaining the health of river ecosystems.Theory and practice demonstrate that the theory of soil and water ecology is a theoretical distillation of Nature-based Solutions(NbS),serving as a common theoretical foundation in the field of ecological environment and possessing universal significance globally.
文摘Rivers have been degraded globally due to various reasons over centuries and limiting their ecological health and value, including Ganga River in India. Riverscape approach can provide relevant information on riverine resources needed in river restoration programmes. We propose a conceptual riverscape model to rejuvenate the holy river Ganga in India through forestry interventions after due consideration of ecological processes, mosaic of landforms, communities and environment within the large landscape of Ganga basin. The select riverscape area includes the area of 5 km and 2 km on either side of the river Ganga and important tributaries, respectively, all along the rivers in five stakeholder states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal in the country. The width of the riverscape was taken from the maximum bank line in recent years on either side of river in the concerned state. However, all micro-watersheds in the hills of Uttarakhand state, being the origin place of river, have been included in riverscape area up to Haridwar. Here riverscape is a mosaic of different land uses viz., natural ecosystems, rural and agricultural ecosystems and built-up urban environment including flood plain and is an ecologically sustained system developed during the last 30 years due to river meandering all along the river. Geospatial modelling and GIS data on land use pattern, soil erosion rates, slope of the topography, etc. were used to classify riverscape area into high, medium and low priority areas to implement forestry interventions in delineated riverscape. Thereafter, forestry interventions were planned and carried out in three identified landscapes viz., Natural (forests), Agriculture (agroforestry), and Urban along with conservation activities. Forestry interventions in delineated riverscape are expected to increase water recharge<sup> </sup>and decrease the sedimentation load in the Ganga River and its tributaries.
