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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2021, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (4): 1141-1153.doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202102.040

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Technical approach and strategic plan for large-scale ecological and environmental gover-nance and national ecological security pattern construction.

YU Gui-rui1,2*, YANG Meng1*, CHEN Zhi1,2, ZHANG Lei-ming1,2   

  1. 1Synthesis Research Center of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    2College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2020-10-13 Accepted:2020-12-05 Published:2021-10-25
  • Contact: *E-mail: yangmeng@igsnrr.ac.cn; gugr@igsnrr.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA23020202) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31988102).

Abstract: Terrestrial ecosystems are the core components of the biosphere, supporting human life, production and social and economic activities. With the development of human civilization and the progress of science and technology, the continued expanding resources utilization in terms of scale and intensity has caused environmental problems, including global climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental pollution, resource depletion and ecosystem degradation, which threaten the sustainable development of our society. The public expects ecological research providing scientific theories and systematic solutions for the utilization and protection of ecosystems at the continental and global scale, and the maintenance of sustainable development of human society as well. This study aimed to serve the ecological civilization construction in China, ecological security pattern construction, regional ecological and environmental governance, and the development of macrosystem ecology. We reviewed the effectiveness and experience of regional ecological and environmental governance in China, analyzed the scientific requirements and the characteristics of the times of China’s eco-civilization construction towards large-scale ecological research, and proposed using a new philosophy, i.e., nature-based macroecosystem approach, to improve the ecological and environmental governance and ecological security pattern construction at the regional scale. Based on the above-mentioned expounding, we discussed the strategic plan, technical approaches and technological support system of large-scale ecological security pattern construction and ecological and environmental governance in China. This review could provide theoretical references for safe, healthy and beautiful land spatial construction and the progress of eco-civilization of China.

Key words: regional ecological and environmental governance, ecological security pattern, eco-civilization, integrated ecology, large-scale macroecosystem