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1、NaturalResourcesForum32(2008)11–24BlackwellPublishingLtdTowardanimprovedlegislativeframeworkforChina’slanddegradationcontrolZhouKe,CaoXiaandTanBaipingAbstractTheChinesegovernmenthasrecentlybeenattachingincreasingimportancetotheapplicationofeffectivelegaltoolstotacklelanddegradation(LD
2、)issues.Basedontheconceptofsustainabledevelopment,ChinabegandevelopingandreapingthebenefitsofenvironmentalandnaturalresourceslegislationincludingLDcontrolregulationsinthe1990s.Inthepastthreeyears,somecentral-westernprovincesinChinahavebeenimplementinga“People’sRepublicofChina/GlobalEnv
3、ironmentFacility(PRC/GEF)PartnershiponLDControlofDrylandEcosystems”,whichisbasedonanintegratedecosystemmanagement(IEM)approach.IEMisdesignedtoachieveabalanced,scientificandparticipatoryapproachtonaturalresourcesmanagement,whichcreatesthepotentialtoimprovethequalityofChineseenvironmenta
4、llawandpolicyprocedures.ThepaperstudiestheexistingChinesenationallawsandregulationspertinenttoLDcontrolwithin9areascoveringland,desertification,soilerosion,grassland,forest,water,agriculture,wildanimalsandplants,andenvironmentprotectionindetail,againstIEMprinciplesandbasiclegalelements
5、.Themainobjectiveistoidentifyproblemsandprovidefeasiblesolutionsandrecommendationsfortheimprovementoftheexistinglawsandregulations.TheauthorsconcludethatthedevelopmentofanimprovednationallegislativeframeworkisessentialifLDcontrolistobesuccessfullyachieved.ThepaperispartlybasedonCompon
6、ent1—ImprovingPolicies,LawsandRegulationsforLandDegradationControlunderPRC/GEFPartnershiponLandDegradationinDrylandEcosystems(TA4357).Keywords:Legislativeframework;Landdegradationcontrol;Integratedecosystemmanagement;China.1.Introductionmainlytheeast,southandsouthwestregionsofChina,wh
7、ilewinderosionwhichresultsfromdesertificationisaLanddegradation(LD)isoneoftheseverestenvironmentalprobleminthenorthandnorthwestregions(Du,2004).problemsfacinghumanbeings.FrequentcausesofLDDuringthelastfivedecades,landaffectedbytheseerosionincludewatererosion,winderosion,landcontaminatio
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