Regionalization of Soil and Water Conservation Aimed at Ecosystem Services Improvement

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 3469
• Main Authors: Hu, Xiaoqian, Li, Zhongwu, Nie, Xiaodong, Wang, Danyang, Huang, Jinquan, Deng, Chuxiong, Shi, Lin, Wang, Lingxia, Ning, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.02.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/158; 704/172; 704/4111; Ecological function; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental protection; Erosion control; Heterogeneity; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Water conservation

To effectively control soil erosion, three hierarchies of the National Soil and Water Conservation Regionalization Scheme have been established in China. However, the scheme has its limits, which can be summarized by two points: first, the tertiary hierarchy functional region exhibits obvious hetero...