Reforestation Policy & Rural Livelihoods
Income inequality is a critical issue of socio-economic development, particularly in rural areas where forest-dependent people are often vulnerable to the intervention of forest policies. This study investigates income distribution and inequality of rural households influenced by China’s largest reforestation policy, the Congversion of Cropland to Forest Program (CCFP).
This article belongs to the Special Issue Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Forest Ecosystems hosted by Dr. Eve Bohnett and Prof. Li An from San Diego State University. Author: Qi Zhang Updated: January 2023
This study analyzes the drivers of farmers’ participation in three concurrent strategies of payments for ecosystem services programs using hierarchical linear models.
This article is in collaboration with Prof. Tan Li from Anhui Agricultural University.
The book exmaines concurrent green initiatives and their spillover effects on environmnetal conservation and mangement to reveal their impacts on conservation effectiveness, drawing on a range of international case studies all over the world.
Application of Agent-Based Modeling in Human-Environment Interactions
ABM-CALM: Agent-Based Model for Cropland Abandonment and Labor Migration Overview of ABM-CALM. This study applies ABM-CALM to explore human-environment interrelationships under constrainted land-use decisions.
This paper aims to understand how feedbacks from the natural system influence cropland-use decisions at the household level in the human system, focusing on cropland abandonment under community forest management in Nepal.
This article contributes to the Special Issue “Mountain landscapes: protected areas, ecosystem services and future challenges” edited by Uta Schirpke, Genxu Wang, and Emilio Padoa-Schioppa The Editorial of the special issue on summary is provided in Ecosystem Services.