Changes in area and number of nature reserves in China

doi:10.1111/cobi.13285

	Changes in area and number of nature reserves in China
	Ma, Zhijun 2,3; Chen, Ying 2,3; Melville, David S.4; Fan, Jun 2,3; Liu, Jianguo 5; Dong, Jinwei 6; Tan, Kun 2,3; Cheng, Xuefei 2,3; Fuller, Richard A.7; Xiao, Xiangming 1,2,3
刊名	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
	2019-10-01
卷号	33 期号:5 页码:1066-1075
关键词	boundary adjustment conservation outcome degazettement downsizing protected area tidal wetlands Yellow Sea ajuste de limites area protegida cambio de registro humedales mareales Mar Amarillo reduccion resultado de la conservacion (sic)(sic)(sic) (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic) (sic)(sic)(sic) (sic)(sic) (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic) (sic)(sic)
ISSN号	0888-8892
DOI	10.1111/cobi.13285
通讯作者	Ma, Zhijun(zhijunm@fudan.edu.cn)
英文摘要	Nature reserves (NR) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Over the past 60 years, the rapid expansion of NRs in China, one of the world's megadiverse countries, has played a critical role in slowing biodiversity loss. We examined the changes in the number and area of China's NRs from 1956 to 2014 and analyzed the effect of economic development on the expansion of China's NRs from 2005 to 2014 with linear models. Despite a continuing increase in the number of NRs, the total area of China's NRs decreased by 3% from 2007 to 2014. This loss resulted from downsizing and degazettement of existing NRs and a slowdown in the establishment of new ones. Nature reserves in regions with rapid economic development exhibited a greater decrease in area, suggesting that downsizing and degazettement of NRs are closely related to the intensifying competition between economic growth and conservation. For example, boundary adjustments to national NRs, the most strictly protected NRs, along the coast of China's Yellow Sea, a global biodiversity hotspot with a fast-growing economy, resulted in the loss of one-third of the total area. One of the most important ecosystems in these NRs, tidal wetlands, decreased by 27.8% because of boundary adjustments and by 25.2% because of land reclamation. Our results suggest conservation achievement, in terms of both area and quality, are declining at least in some regions in the Chinese NR estate. Although the designation of protected areas that are primarily managed for sustainable use has increased rapidly in recent years in China, we propose that NRs with biodiversity conservation as their main function should not be replaced or weakened.
WOS关键词	PROTECTED AREAS ; DEGAZETTEMENT PADDD ; LAND-USE ; CONSERVATION ; MANAGEMENT ; POLICY
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	WILEY
WOS记录号	WOS:000485281800009
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/69611]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Ma, Zhijun
作者单位	1.Univ Oklahoma, Ctr Spatial Anal, Dept Microbiol & Plant Biol, Norman, OK 73019 USA 2.Fudan Univ, Coastal Ecosyst Res Stn Yangtze River Estuary, Minist Educ, Key Lab Biodivers Sci & Ecol Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 3.Fudan Univ, Shanghai Inst EcoChongming SIEC, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 4.1261 Dovedale Rd,RD 2 Wakefield, Nelson 7096, New Zealand 5.Michigan State Univ, Ctr Syst Integrat & Sustainabil, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, E Lansing, MI 48823 USA 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 7.Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Zhijun,Chen, Ying,Melville, David S.,et al. Changes in area and number of nature reserves in China[J]. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,2019,33(5):1066-1075.
APA	Ma, Zhijun.,Chen, Ying.,Melville, David S..,Fan, Jun.,Liu, Jianguo.,...&Li, Bo.(2019).Changes in area and number of nature reserves in China.CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,33(5),1066-1075.
MLA	Ma, Zhijun,et al."Changes in area and number of nature reserves in China".CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 33.5(2019):1066-1075.