The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas

	The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas
	Xu, Weihua 1; Li, Xiaosong 1; Pimm, Stuart L.1; Hull, Vanessa 1; Zhang, Jingjing 1; Zhang, Lu 1; Xiao, Yi 1; Zheng, Hua 1; Ouyang, Zhiyun 1
刊名	BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
	2016
卷号	204 页码:231-236
关键词	ALTYN-TAGH FAULT INDIA-ASIA COLLISION QAIDAM BASIN TECTONIC UPLIFT NORTHEASTERN MARGIN BLOCK ROTATION MIDDLE MIOCENE CRUSTAL FLOW TARIM BASIN PLATEAU
通讯作者	Xu, WH (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Reg & Urban Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China.
英文摘要	Increasing human numbers and aspirations threaten protected areas worldwide. China faces especially strong pressure since many people live inside protected areas. It has sought to balance human needs and conservation goals within them by creating mixed zoning schemes loosely based on UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme. These include strictly-protected core zones, buffer zones allowing limited human use, and experimental zones that examine different land-use options. To test the efficacy of this zoning, we employed field surveys and remote sensing to assess the penetration of agricultural and urban land into 109 national nature reserves in China for 2000 and 2010. Human disturbance was lowest in core zones and highest in experimental zones in both 2000 and 2010. Over this period, 82% of the reserves were unchanged or had decreased human disturbance. Nonetheless, overall human disturbance increased by 7%, 4%, and 5% in the core, buffer and experimental zones respectively. Almost all the increase in the core zone was in four wetland reserves, where human actions converted large areas to agriculture. Some 58% of reserves experienced some human disturbance in core zones in 2010, demonstrating a need for more effective zoning. The findings have broader implications for protected area management globally because they highlight the strengths and weaknesses of zoning for balancing human needs and species conservation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Biodiversity & Conservation; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
类目[WOS]	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000390968900012
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.radi.ac.cn/handle/183411/39423]
专题	遥感与数字地球研究所_SCI/EI期刊论文_期刊论文
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Reg & Urban Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Digital Earth, Key Lab Digital Earth Sci, POB 9718, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Duke Univ, Nicholas Sch Environm, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708 USA 4.Michigan State Univ, Ctr Syst Integrat & Sustainabil, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, E Lansing, MI 48823 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Weihua,Li, Xiaosong,Pimm, Stuart L.,et al. The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas[J]. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,2016,204:231-236.
APA	Xu, Weihua.,Li, Xiaosong.,Pimm, Stuart L..,Hull, Vanessa.,Zhang, Jingjing.,...&Ouyang, Zhiyun.(2016).The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,204,231-236.
MLA	Xu, Weihua,et al."The effectiveness of the zoning of China's protected areas".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 204(2016):231-236.