Effects of natural disasters on conservation policies: The case of the 2008 wenchuan earthquake, China

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-284

  Viña, Andrés ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   McConnell, William J ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Xu, Weihua ^b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b   Zhang, Hemin ^c   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c China's Center for Giant Panda Research and Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Grain to Green Program; Natural disasters; Natural Forest Conservation Program; Payments for ecosystem services; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICY MAKING; REFORESTATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TREE;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TREES;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 79955090873     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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