Buddhist monasteries facilitated landscape conservation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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| 作者 | Cui, Naixin; Wu, Tong; Wang, Yi-Chen; Zou, Huiting; Axmacher, Jan Christoph; Sang, Weiguo; Guo, Luo |
| 刊名 | LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2022-06 |
| 卷号 | 37期号:6页码:1559-1572 |
| 关键词 | LAND-USE CHANGE HEADWATERS REGION CHINA PATTERNS ECOSYSTEM REALITY GROVES POLICY |
| ISSN号 | 0921-2973 |
| 英文摘要 | Context The Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau-also known as the Three Rivers' Headwaters-is the origin of the Yellow, Yangtze, and Mekong Rivers and therefore the key water source for hundreds of millions of downstream residents. Protecting this region's ecosystems is a key priority for sustainable development in China and Asia. An important social dimension of Sanjiangyuan is the long-established and widespread presence of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly as manifested in the large number of monasteries throughout the region. However, the influence of cultural factors on environmental change remains largely understudied here. Objective We focus on two types of spatial associations-point-point and point-area features-to quantitatively investigate the effects of Buddhist monasteries on land use/cover change (LUCC) in surrounding landscapes. Methods We conduct a spatially-explicit analysis of Sanjiangyuan for two periods, 1990-2000 and 2010-2015, to identify and quantify the influence of the presence and spatial distributions of Buddhist monasteries on LUCC compared to village communities that lack monasteries. Results We found that the presence of monasteries is highly correlated with the preservation of natural ecosystems, specifically of grasslands and forests. Within monastery buffer zones with radii between 1 and 10 km, 7.13-9.30% more grassland area and 7.14-7.47% more forest area remained around monasteries compared to villages. This contrast decreased with increasing distance to the monastery/village. Overall, built-up areas were also much smaller around monasteries than around villages, while unused land was more commonly transformed to forests and grasslands around monasteries. Conclusions These findings strongly support the idea that Buddhist culture, as manifested through its physical institutions and communities, are instrumental in achieving desired landscape conservation outcomes. |
| 源URL | [https://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/47207]  |
| 专题 | 生态环境研究中心_城市与区域生态国家重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Minzu Univ China, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China 2.Agr Univ Iceland, Fac Environm & Forest Sci, Keldnaholt, Iceland 3.UCL, UCL Dept Geog, NW Wing,Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England 4.Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore 117570, Singapore 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Ecoenvironm Sci, State Key Lab Urban & Reg Ecol, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cui, Naixin,Wu, Tong,Wang, Yi-Chen,et al. Buddhist monasteries facilitated landscape conservation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau[J]. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,2022,37(6):1559-1572. |
| APA | Cui, Naixin.,Wu, Tong.,Wang, Yi-Chen.,Zou, Huiting.,Axmacher, Jan Christoph.,...&Guo, Luo.(2022).Buddhist monasteries facilitated landscape conservation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY,37(6),1559-1572. |
| MLA | Cui, Naixin,et al."Buddhist monasteries facilitated landscape conservation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau".LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 37.6(2022):1559-1572. |
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