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Multi-function of grassland ecosystem and realization of sustainable development goals

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  • ①University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100149, China;②Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Australia;③Yanshan Earth Critical Zone and Surface Fluxes Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;④Institutes of Science and Development,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190, China;⑤CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 2020-12-23

  Online published: 2021-04-22

Abstract

Grassland is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in China. It is of great value in ensuring the safe production of national “big food”, curbing climate change, maintaining biodiversity, conserving water resources, promoting sustainable community construction and other human sustainable development goals. Due to human activities and climate change, the service capacity of grassland ecosystem declines and the ecological function decreases, which seriously threaten the ecological and economic security of China. The emergence and solution of the problem should focus to the grassland ecosystem itself. Therefore, it is of great practical and historical significance to deeply clarify the relationship between grassland ecosystem multi functionality and multi service and sustainable development goals, scientifically study and judge the important role of adaptive management in sustainable development goals. We put forward four measures to ensure and support the healthy development of grassland in the future, and provide path selection for contributing Chinese wisdom to the realization of global sustainable development goals.

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LI Tong, CUI Lizhen, ZHU Jiapei, CHEN Shaofeng, DONG Zuoji, CUI Xiaoyong, LIU Yali, WANG Yanfen, NING Yao . Multi-function of grassland ecosystem and realization of sustainable development goals[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2021 , 43(2) : 149 -156 . DOI: :10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2021.02.010

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