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China's ecological conservation redline: A solution for future nature conservation.

Jixi Gao^1,2, Yan Wang³, Changxin Zou⁴

¹Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, China. gjx@nies.org.

|January 24, 2020

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Keywords:

Application Delimitation Ecological conservation redline Nature conservation Protected area system

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Environmental science
Conservation biology
Ecosystem management

Background:

Global environmental degradation necessitates enhanced conservation strategies.
Protected areas alone may be insufficient for halting biodiversity loss.
China is implementing Ecological Conservation Redlines (ECRs) to supplement protected areas.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and explain China's Ecological Conservation Redlines (ECRs) strategy.
To highlight the scientific basis and systemic management of ECRs.
To assess the potential of ECRs for national ecological security and global conservation.

Main Methods:

Defining ECRs as limits to human encroachment in sensitive areas.
Enforcing strict conservation measures within ECRs.
Integrating ECRs into a comprehensive ecological conservation system.

Main Results:

ECRs establish boundaries for ecologically sensitive and vulnerable zones.
The strategy enforces strict conservation to ensure national ecological security.
ECRs facilitate a systemic management mechanism for effective conservation.

Conclusions:

Ecological Conservation Redlines offer a robust approach to improving ecological security.
The ECR strategy supports the conservation of valuable and fragile ecosystems.
China's ECR model provides a potential framework for global nature conservation efforts.