Effects of Grassland Restoration Approaches in Different Major Function-oriented Zones of the Headwater Region of the Yellow River in China

Yunjie WEI; Lin ZHEN; Bingzhen DU

doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2020.02.003

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Journal of Resources and Ecology
Vol. 11, Issue 2, 150 (2020)

Effects of Grassland Restoration Approaches in Different Major Function-oriented Zones of the Headwater Region of the Yellow River in China

Yunjie WEI^1,2, Lin ZHEN^1,2, and Bingzhen DU³

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands

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DOI: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2020.02.003 Cite this Article

Yunjie WEI, Lin ZHEN, Bingzhen DU. Effects of Grassland Restoration Approaches in Different Major Function-oriented Zones of the Headwater Region of the Yellow River in China[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2020, 11(2): 150 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. Location of study area

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$Vegetation fraction coverage and NPP in different MFOZs$

Fig. 2. Vegetation fraction coverage and NPP in different MFOZs

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Fig. 3. The structure of herder incomes in different zones

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Fig. 4. Social effects on grassland restoration from herders

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Fig. 5. Fig. S The trend of temperature and precipitation of the study area during 2000-2015 Note: A=Development prioritized zone; B=restricted zone; C= prohibited zone

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Major function-oriented zones	County	Towns/villages	Area proportion (%)	Average elevation (m)	Major ecosystem type
Development prioritized zone	Guinan	Taxiu, Senduo, Guomaying	11.8	3376	Mountain steppe Alpine meadow
Restricted zone	Maqin	Dawu, Xiadawu, Dongqinggou	38.3	4279	Alpine meadow SteppeAlpine swamp
	Maduo	Huashixia
	Jiuzhi	Mentang, Baiyu
Prohibited zones	Maqin	Xueshan	49.9	4355	Alpine meadow Mountain steppe
	Maduo	Zhalinghu, Machali
	Jiuzhi	Suohurima, Waeryi
Total or mean	4	14	100	4003	-

Table 1.

Basic information regarding the study area

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Major function-oriented zones	Approach	Household	Household size (persons)	Education level (years)	Area of grassland (ha household^-1)	Net income (Yuan household^-1)
Development prioritized zone	A(5), B(2), C(12), D(9), E(19)	47	5.9	5.2	91.7	79970.1
Restricted zone	A(22), B(8), C(23), D(18), E(11)	82	4.9	3.4	412.6	70356.5
Prohibited zones	A(16), B (23), C(10), D(8), E(9)	66	5.2	3.9	699.2	45736.3
Total or mean	-	195	5.3	4.2	401.2	65354.3

Table 2.

Features of households in different MFOZs

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Indicator	Score level
Indicator	1	2	3	4	5
Participation level of herders involved	None	All invested by government	Materials invested by government and self-employment	Self-investment sometimes	Self-mobilization and self-investment
Satisfaction with restoration approaches^a	Very poor	Slightly poor	Moderate	Slightly well	Very well
Awareness of restoration	No understanding	Less understanding	Moderate understanding	Better understanding	Understanding very well
Willingness to participate in restoration	No willingness	/	Willingness for government investment	/	Willingness for self-investment
Cost of restoration^b (Yuan household^-1 yr^-1)	< 1000	1001-3000	3000-5000	5000-10000	啊啊啊 10001