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Cao Y, Foggin M, Zhao X. Tibetan antelope migration during mass calving as parasite avoidance strategy. Innovation (N Y) 2022; 3:100326. [PMID: 36268527 PMCID: PMC9576571 DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Yifan Cao
- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
- Qinghai Key Laboratory of Animal Ecological Genomics, Xining 810001, China
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- School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Plateau Perspectives, Surrey, BC V4A 4S2, Canada
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China
- Corresponding author
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Hughes AC, Lechner AM, Chitov A, Horstmann A, Hinsley A, Tritto A, Chariton A, Li BV, Ganapin D, Simonov E, Morton K, Toktomushev K, Foggin M, Tan-Mullins M, Orr MC, Griffiths R, Nash R, Perkin S, Glémet R, Kim M, Yu DW. Horizon Scan of the Belt and Road Initiative. Trends Ecol Evol 2020; 35:583-593. [PMID: 32521242 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) represents the largest infrastructure and development project in human history, and presents risks and opportunities for ecosystems, economies, and communities. Some risks (habitat fragmentation, roadkill) are obvious, however, many of the BRI's largest challenges for development and conservation are not obvious and require extensive consideration to identify. In this first BRI Horizon Scan, we identify 11 frontier issues that may have large environmental and social impacts but are not yet recognised. More generally, the BRI will increase China's participation in international environmental governance. Thus, new cooperative modes of governance are needed to balance geopolitical, societal, and environmental interests. Upgrading and standardising global environmental standards is essential to safeguard ecological systems and human societies.
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- Alice C Hughes
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia, 43500 Semenyih, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- WildCRU, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3SZ, UK
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- Institute of Emerging Market Studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, HK-SAR, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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- Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North, Carolina, NC 27708, USA
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- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
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- Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition, Dalian 116650, China; Daursky Biosphere Reserve, Nizhny Tsasuchei, Zabaikalsky Province, Russia
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- School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TD, UK; Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia, Bishkek 720002, Kyrgyz Republic
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- Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of International Studies, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- International Institute for Asian Studies, 2311, GJ, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition, Dalian 116650, China
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- IUCN Asia Regional Office, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
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- IUCN Asia Regional Office, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
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- IUCN Asia Regional Office, Watthana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Tashi G, Foggin M. Resettlement as Development and Progress? Eight Years On: Review of Emerging Social and Development Impacts of an 'Ecological Resettlement' Project in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.3167/np.2012.160110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The relocation of rural people away from marginal or fragile lands is an increasingly common approach used in China to achieve environmental protection and development objectives. However at present few studies have been made of the social impacts of such resettlement projects in China.
Several key social dimensions of a significant resettlement project in the Tibet Autonomous Region are therefore analysed and discussed in this paper. It was specifically posited that the research findings presented here would (1) provide useful guidance for local government offices and government
staff workers who are engaged in poverty reduction and agricultural development work; and (2) help to give residents of the community under consideration more voice and opportunity to interact with the outside world. A field survey was designed and led by the lead author in June 2009, with
semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire, to ascertain the present situation in the target village and thus help to provide a useful basis for future policy recommendations.
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