Combatting global grassland degradation
Combatting global grassland degradation
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DOI：
10.1038/s43017-021-00207-2
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发表时间：
2021-09-07
影响因子：
42.1
通讯作者：
Shi, Hongxiao
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作者：
Bardgett, Richard D.;Bullock, James M.;Shi, Hongxiao
草地提供关键的生态系统服务，但其保护往往被忽视的可持续政策。该展望描述了草原退化，并提出了保护这些系统和促进其恢复所需的步骤。草原正受到持续退化的严重威胁，破坏了其支持生物多样性、生态系统服务和人类福祉的能力。然而，可持续发展议程在很大程度上忽视了草原。在这一视角中，我们研究了全球草原的现状，并探讨了其退化的程度和主要驱动因素。需要采取社会生态解决办法，以防止退化和促进恢复。重要的战略包括：在全球政策中增加对草原的认识;制定标准化的退化指标;利用科学创新在区域和景观范围内进行有效的恢复;加强关于恢复经验的知识转让和数据共享。利益攸关方的需求可以通过标准化评估和对退化和恢复草原的潜在生态系统服务权衡的共同理解来平衡。将这些行动纳入可持续性政策将有助于阻止退化和提高恢复成功率，并保护草原提供的社会经济、文化和生态效益。
Grasslands provide key ecosystem services, but their protection is often ignored in sustainable policy. This Perspective describes grassland degradation and sets out the steps needed to protect these systems and promote their restoration.Grasslands are under severe threat from ongoing degradation, undermining their capacity to support biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Yet, grasslands are largely ignored in sustainable development agendas. In this Perspective, we examine the current state of global grasslands and explore the extent and dominant drivers of their degradation. Socio-ecological solutions are needed to combat degradation and promote restoration. Important strategies include: increasing recognition of grasslands in global policy; developing standardized indicators of degradation; using scientific innovation for effective restoration at regional and landscape scales; and enhancing knowledge transfer and data sharing on restoration experiences. Stakeholder needs can be balanced through standardized assessment and shared understanding of the potential ecosystem service trade-offs in degraded and restored grasslands. The integration of these actions into sustainability policy will aid in halting degradation and enhancing restoration success, and protect the socio-economic, cultural and ecological benefits that grasslands provide.