Integrating a market-based approach to biodiversity conservation

Tóm tắt

The Qinling Mountains in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a global biodiversity hotspot and one of the country’s most critical ecological function zones that supports many endangered, rare and endemic plants and animals. More than 60% of the estimated 15.7 million people who live in the mountains rely on farming and agricultural production. The high level of land-use pressure in the area and nature reserves created an urgent need to conserve Qinling’s ecosystem.