Jianchu Xu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jianchu Xu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jianchu |
| FAMILY NAME | Xu |
| SIGNATURE | XU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kunming Institute of Botany |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2485-2254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 689 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Ethnic diversity and divergent perceptions of climate change
Understanding divergent perceptions of ethnic groups to climate change in mountainous regions home to multi-ethnic cultures and the factors influencing these perceptions is crucial for policymakers to predict the trending impacts of climate change and make long-term decisions. Based on the case of Southwest China, 1216 households were interviewed by questionnaire surveys to gain insight into the perceptions of local people on the dynamic evolutio…
A gendered perspective on climate change adaptation strategies
Climate change impacts are distributed unequally, despite affecting the entire world and its inhabitants. Economically, socially and culturally deprived groups are more vulnerable to climate change impacts. Women comprise the majority among these vulnerable groups, and it is, therefore, crucial to stress gendered perspectives in climate change adaptation strategies that promote gender equality and sustainable development. To that end, this paper …
Conversion of rainforest to rubber plantations impacts the rhizosphere soil mycobiome and alters soil biological activity
In Southeast Asia and Asia, large swathes of rainforest have been converted to rubber plantations, with major consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, the impact of this land use conversion on rhizosphere soil mycobiome has not yet been addressed. This study aimed to investigate how rhizosphere soil fungal communities and their associated biological activity (soil respiration, soil methane (CH 4 ), and potential soil enzyme …
Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions
Increasing collaboration between China and India in the environmental sciences to foster global sustainability
Adaptation to climate change
Based on interviews with 1216 randomly selected households in Yunnan, Southwest China, we assessed local people's perceptions and coping strategies on climate change, and determined its influencing factors. Results indicated that 72% of the respondents perceived climate change-associated impacts, while 82% and 85% perceived the changes in temperature and precipitation, respectively. Most respondents perceived climate warming and decreases in prec…
Suppression of amino acid and oligopeptide mineralization by organic manure addition in a semiarid environment
The rapid mineralization of organic nitrogen (ON) in semiarid soils frequently results in large N losses, reduced crop yields, and environmental pollution. The addition of manures to soil has the potential to promote microbial growth, increase N immobilization, reverse the decline in soil organic matter, and enhance soil quality. In this study, three contrasting organic manures were used to determine their influences on amino acid and oligopeptid…
Making Connections for Our Changing Mountains
The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) promotes basic and applied research to understand how drivers and processes of global change present challenges and opportunities in mountain social-ecological systems. It convenes a global network that collectively generates and synthesizes knowledge on global change in mountains that also supports decisions and actions to enable sustainable development. Building on the considerable social and intellectual …
Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge
TK is mostly retained with elder community members; however, those directly linked with market value chain retain rich knowledge on traditional use of the medicinal plants from the region. Major trade centers in the region also coincide with a high density of medicinal plant occurrence, knowledge, and higher utilization. Therefore, with the increasing trade in medicinal plant in the region, there is potential for rejuvenation of this knowledge an…
Anticipating Climatic Variability
Is there decentralization in North Korea? Evidence and lessons from the sloping land management program 2004–2014
Prioritizing fodder species based on traditional knowledge
The wide variety of plants cited by the informants demonstrate the importance of traditional knowledge in gathering information about forage resources. This diversity also offers the prospect of identifying promising species which could be used as fodder plants. Identifying such species and tree fodder species in particular could help smallholder farmers to integrate trees, livestock and crops as part of a sustainable farming system
Bright spots
The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. However, the dominance of dystopian visions of irreversible environmental degradation and societal collapse, along with overly optimistic utopias and business‐as‐usual scenarios that lack insight and innovation, frustrate pro…
Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land
Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their significance for carbon sequestration at a global level, along with recent change trends. Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land g…
Farmers' Perceptions of and Adaptations to Changing Climate in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal
Knowledge of farmers’ perceptions of and adaptations to climate change is important to inform policies addressing the risk of climate change to farmers. This case study explored those issues in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal through a survey of 365 households and focus group discussions in 6 communities using a Community-Based Risk Screening Tool–Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL). Analysis of climate trends in the study area for 1979–2009 showed…
Land-use response to drought scenarios and water policy intervention in Lijiang, SW China
Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health
Participatory Selection of Tree Species for Agroforestry on Sloping Land in North Korea
The action research project reported in this article used a participatory approach to select trees for sloping-land agroforestry as a key strategy for forest ecosystem restoration and local livelihood development. It was the first such project in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to use a participatory approach, empowering local user groups to develop their preferences for agroforestry species. Local knowledge of the multipl…
Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods
Opportunities and challenges of the ecosystem approach
Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands
The Asian Highlands, the vast mountainous area from Pakistan to China including the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, have considerable global importance; they are the source of most of the major rivers of Asia, which sustain billions of downstream dwellers, are part of four Global Biodiversity Hotspots, and support rich cultural diversity. However, climate warming in the Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau has been greater than two times the global …
Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change
Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks
Can carbon-trading schemes help to protect China's most diverse forest ecosystems? A case study from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
Welcome to Kunming
The causes of land-use and land-cover change
Forest transitions
Integrating Sacred Knowledge for Conservation
Xu, J., E. T. Ma, D. Tashi, Y. Fu, Z. Lu, and D. Melick. 2005. Integrating sacred knowledge for conservation: cultures and landscapes in southwest China. Ecology and Society 10(2): 7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01413-100207
Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods
Decentralisation and Accountability in Forest Management
The forgotten D
International climate negotiations have stressed the importance of considering emissions from forest degradation under the planned REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation + enhancing forest carbon stocks) mechanism. However, most research, pilot-REDD+ projects and carbon certification agencies have focused on deforestation and there appears to be a gap in knowledge on complex mosaic landscapes containing degraded fores…
Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change
Functional Links Between Biodiversity, Livelihoods, and Culture in a Hani Swidden Landscape in Southwest China
Xu, J., L. Lebel, and J. Sturgeon. 2009. Functional links between biodiversity, livelihoods, and culture in a Hani swidden landscape in southwest China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02916-140220
Matsutake Trade in Yunnan Province, China
Anticipating Climatic Variability
Prioritizing fodder species based on traditional knowledge
The wide variety of plants cited by the informants demonstrate the importance of traditional knowledge in gathering information about forage resources. This diversity also offers the prospect of identifying promising species which could be used as fodder plants. Identifying such species and tree fodder species in particular could help smallholder farmers to integrate trees, livestock and crops as part of a sustainable farming system
Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks
Common and Privatized
Yang, X., A. Wilkes, Y. Yang, J. Xu, C. S. Geslani, X. Yang, F. Gao, J. Yang, and B. Robinson. 2009. Common and privatized: conditions for wise management of matsutake mushrooms in Northwest Yunnan province, China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03129-140230
Opportunities and challenges of the ecosystem approach
Pursuits of adaptiveness in the shared rivers of Monsoon Asia
Regional trade of medicinal plants has facilitated the retention of traditional knowledge
TK is mostly retained with elder community members; however, those directly linked with market value chain retain rich knowledge on traditional use of the medicinal plants from the region. Major trade centers in the region also coincide with a high density of medicinal plant occurrence, knowledge, and higher utilization. Therefore, with the increasing trade in medicinal plant in the region, there is potential for rejuvenation of this knowledge an…
Land-use response to drought scenarios and water policy intervention in Lijiang, SW China
Can carbon-trading schemes help to protect China's most diverse forest ecosystems? A case study from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands
The Asian Highlands, the vast mountainous area from Pakistan to China including the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, have considerable global importance; they are the source of most of the major rivers of Asia, which sustain billions of downstream dwellers, are part of four Global Biodiversity Hotspots, and support rich cultural diversity. However, climate warming in the Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau has been greater than two times the global …
Is there decentralization in North Korea? Evidence and lessons from the sloping land management program 2004–2014
The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation
This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite political and economic changes in China…
The causes of land-use and land-cover change
Habitat of Tibetan Nature and Culture
Decentralisation and Accountability in Forest Management
Forest transitions
Integrating Sacred Knowledge for Conservation
Xu, J., E. T. Ma, D. Tashi, Y. Fu, Z. Lu, and D. Melick. 2005. Integrating sacred knowledge for conservation: cultures and landscapes in southwest China. Ecology and Society 10(2): 7. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01413-100207
The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation
This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite political and economic changes in China…
Understanding Land Use, Livelihoods, and Health Transitions among Tibetan Nomads
Matsutake Trade in Yunnan Province, China
The Melting Himalayas
The Greater Himalayas hold the largest mass of ice outside polar regions and are the source of the 10 largest rivers in Asia. Rapid reduction in the volume of Himalayan glaciers due to climate change is occurring. The cascading effects of rising temperatures and loss of ice and snow in the region are affecting, for example, water availability (amounts, seasonality), biodiversity (endemic species, predator–prey relations), ecosystem boundary shift…
The Rubber Juggernaut
The demise of swidden cultivation in Southeast Asia may have devastating environmental consequences.
Functional Links Between Biodiversity, Livelihoods, and Culture in a Hani Swidden Landscape in Southwest China
Xu, J., L. Lebel, and J. Sturgeon. 2009. Functional links between biodiversity, livelihoods, and culture in a Hani swidden landscape in southwest China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 20. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02916-140220
Common and Privatized
Yang, X., A. Wilkes, Y. Yang, J. Xu, C. S. Geslani, X. Yang, F. Gao, J. Yang, and B. Robinson. 2009. Common and privatized: conditions for wise management of matsutake mushrooms in Northwest Yunnan province, China. Ecology and Society 14(2): 30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03129-140230
Pursuits of adaptiveness in the shared rivers of Monsoon Asia
Greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizer use in China
Water Management Challenges in the Context of Agricultural Intensification and Endemic Fluorosis
Welcome to Kunming
The forgotten D
International climate negotiations have stressed the importance of considering emissions from forest degradation under the planned REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation + enhancing forest carbon stocks) mechanism. However, most research, pilot-REDD+ projects and carbon certification agencies have focused on deforestation and there appears to be a gap in knowledge on complex mosaic landscapes containing degraded fores…
Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the Asian highlands
The Asian Highlands, the vast mountainous area from Pakistan to China including the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, have considerable global importance; they are the source of most of the major rivers of Asia, which sustain billions of downstream dwellers, are part of four Global Biodiversity Hotspots, and support rich cultural diversity. However, climate warming in the Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau has been greater than two times the global …
Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change
Analyzing the drivers of tree planting in Yunnan, China, with Bayesian networks
Can carbon-trading schemes help to protect China's most diverse forest ecosystems? A case study from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
Toward Operational Criteria for Ecosystem Approaches to Health
Participatory Selection of Tree Species for Agroforestry on Sloping Land in North Korea
The action research project reported in this article used a participatory approach to select trees for sloping-land agroforestry as a key strategy for forest ecosystem restoration and local livelihood development. It was the first such project in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to use a participatory approach, empowering local user groups to develop their preferences for agroforestry species. Local knowledge of the multipl…
Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods
Opportunities and challenges of the ecosystem approach
Geography (32 works) · Ecology (30 works) · Environmental Science (22 works) · Biology (21 works) · Environmental resource management (17 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 works) · Agriculture (15 works) · Agroforestry (15 works) · China (15 works) · Economics (14 works)