Landscape Change and the Sustainable Development Strategy of Different Types of Ethnic Villages Driven by the Grain for Green Program

The Grain for Green Program (GGP) is an important ecological project in China that was implemented to tackle serious soil erosion and forest loss for sustainable development. Investigating landscape change is an efficient way to monitor and assess the implementation of GGP. In this paper, 180 ethnic villages, including 36 Miao and Dong (MD) villages with combined populations of Miao people and Dong people, 65 Dong villages, and 79 Miao villages in Qiandongnan Prefecture were selected to investigate the influence of GGP on ethnic villages by evaluating the landscape changes before and after the implementation of the GGP within 1-km and 2-km distance buffers around ethnic villages. The results show that the GGP has more significant positive impacts on reforestation around Miao villages than Dong villages and MD villages because Miao villages are mostly located in higher and steeper areas, which are the focus of the GGP. Based on the analysis, a continuation of the GGP in Qiandongnan Prefecture is recommended, as it can incentivize the recovery of forest cover in steeper slopes. More attention should now be paid to the Dong villages and MD villages, which were not previously a focus of the GGP.

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The Basic Idea and Key Elements of China's National Sustainable Communities (CNSCs)

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.962-965.2493 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 962-965 ◽

pp. 2493-2498

Author(s):

Chao Feng Shao ◽

Yang Guan ◽

Mei Ting Ju

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Sustainable Communities ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Experience ◽

Different Types ◽

Economic Sustainable Development ◽

Coordinative Development

China has grown rapidly since 1978, when it began to reform. However, the conflicts between the fast economic social development and pressure of the resources and environment are increasingly outstanding, which restrict regional social and economic sustainable development. Experience shows that China's National Sustainable Communities (CNSCs) since 1986 were the important carrier to carry out the sustainable development strategy and promote the coordinative development of economy, society, resources and environment. Based on the requirements and new trends of CNSCs, the basic idea for construction and development of current CNSCs was built, and the key elements and links were discussed, which guide proper planning to different types of CNSC construction.

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The Demerger Impact upon Sustainable Development of Economic Entities: Evidence from Romania

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13158316 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (15) ◽

pp. 8316

Author(s):

Camelia Mirela Baba ◽

Constantin Duguleană ◽

Marius Sorin Dincă ◽

Liliana Duguleană ◽

Gheorghița Dincă

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Business Strategies ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Ex Post ◽

Before And After ◽

Almost All ◽

The Impact ◽

Profitability Ratios ◽

Positive Effect

The Covid-19 induced economic crisis has significantly affected almost all businesses from nearly every sector, causing severe financial problems, lack of cash assets, and decrease of revenues. In this context, the economic entities were forced to look for adjustment and rescue solutions of their activities. One possible solution for the recovery and reorganization of economic entities’ activities is demerger. This paper evaluates the impact of demerger upon the sustainable development of economic entities in terms of economic efficiency and financial performances. To achieve this goal, a statistical analysis of profitability ratios before and after the demerger, as well as a structural analysis of 268 demerger projects for the April 2012–April 2021 period, were performed. The results attest there are no significant differences between the ex-ante and ex-post financial performances. However, demerger seems to have a positive effect upon analyzed companies helping them to overcome economic hardships, rethink their business strategies, and continue their activity in the medium and long-term time horizon.

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Research on the Sustainable Development Strategy of Forestry Cultural Heritage Sites in Henan Province Based on the Analysis of Big Data

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/1744/3/032177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1744 (3) ◽

pp. 032177

Author(s):

Maolin Li

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Big Data ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Henan Province ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Heritage Sites

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The Research on the Strategies for Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.869-870.786 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 869-870 ◽

pp. 786-790

Author(s):

Chen Chen Zhang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Protection Measures ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

National Economic ◽

History Of ◽

Dialectical Relationship ◽

Relationship Of

The strategies for sustainable development have been included in the medium and long term plan of 2010 for national economic and social development. Protecting the environment is the most important prerequisite and safeguards for the sustainable development strategy. In the study, we described the history of the environmental problems in the world, the proposal and implications of sustainable development, and outlined the dialectical relationship of development with the environment. The environmental protection measures for sustainable development were proposed here, according to the environmental situation severely affecting its biophysical environment.

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Water storage reservoirs and their role in the development, utilization and protection of catchment

Spatium ◽

10.2298/spat1124009d ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Branislav Djordjevic ◽

Tina Dasic

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Water Storage ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Storage Reservoirs ◽

Development Plans ◽

The Creation ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Hydrological Regimes

Reasons why water storage reservoirs are necessary in accordance with the sustainable development strategy are described in the paper. The main positive and negative impacts of reservoirs on the environment are analyzed. The most important are: the improvement of hydrological regimes (decreasing maximal and increasing minimal flows), the creation of optimal water management, utilization and protection of water, and the creation of better conditions for river and coastal ecosystems. Negative impacts and measures for its mitigation or elimination are also analyzed. The conclusion is that water storage reservoirs can be harmoniously incorporated into the environment. Serbia has a limited number of locations suitable for the construction of reservoirs, therefore it is necessary to retain these areas for storage in regional development plans and other legal acts.

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Monitoring oyster culture rafts and seagrass meadows in Nagatsura-ura Lagoon, Sanriku Coast, Japan before and after the 2011 tsunami by remote sensing: their recoveries implying the sustainable development of coastal waters

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.10727 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. e10727

Author(s):

Hiroki Murata ◽

Motoyuki Hara ◽

Chinatsu Yonezawa ◽

Teruhisa Komatsu

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Coastal Ecosystems ◽

Oyster Culture ◽

Sanriku Coast ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Seagrass Meadows ◽

Before And After ◽

Aquaculture Management

Background Coastal ecosystems are blue infrastructures that support coastal resources and also aquaculture. Seagrass meadows, one of coastal ecosystems, provide substrates for epiphytic diatoms, which are food resources for cultured filter feeder organisms. Highly intensive coastal aquaculture degrades coastal environments to decrease seagrass meadows. Therefore, efficient aquaculture management and conservation of seagrass meadows are necessary for the sustainable development of coastal waters. In ria-type bays, non-feeding aquaculture of filter feeders such as oysters, scallops, and ascidians are actively practiced along the Sanriku Coast, Japan. Before the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the over-deployment of oyster culture facilities polluted the bottom environment and formed an hypoxic bottom water layer due to the organic excrements from cultured oysters. The tsunami in 2011 devastated the aquaculture facilities and seagrass meadows along the Sanriku Coast. We mapped the oyster culture rafts and seagrass meadows in Nagatsura-ura Lagoon, Sanriku Coast before and after the tsunami and monitored those and environments after the tsunami by field surveys. Methods We conducted field surveys and monitored the environmental parameters in Nagatsura-ura Lagoon every month since 2014. We used high-resolution satellite remote sensing images to map oyster culture rafts and seagrass meadows at irregular time intervals from 2006 to 2019 in order to assess their distribution. In 2019, we also used an unmanned aerial vehicle to analyze the spatial variability of the position and the number of ropes suspending oyster clumps beneath the rafts. Results In 2013, the number and distribution of the oyster culture rafts had been completely restored to the pre-tsunami conditions. The mean area of culture raft increased after the tsunami, and ropes suspending oyster clumps attached to a raft in wider space. Experienced local fishermen also developed a method to attach less ropes to a raft, which was applied to half of the oyster culture rafts to improve oyster growth. The area of seagrass meadows has been expanding since 2013. Although the lagoon had experienced frequent oyster mass mortality events in summer before the tsunami, these events have not occurred since 2011. The 2011 earthquake and tsunami deepened the sill depth and widened the entrance to enhance water exchange and improve water quality in the lagoon. These changes brought the expansion of seagrass meadows and reduction of mass mortality events to allow sustainable oyster culture in the lagoon. Mapping and monitoring of seagrass meadows and aquaculture facilities via satellite remote sensing can provide clear visualization of their temporal changes. This can in turn facilitate effective aquaculture management and conservation of coastal ecosystems, which are crucial for the sustainable development of coastal waters.

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Resources of Sustainable Economic Growth and Development

Regional and Business Studies ◽

10.33568/rbs.2457 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jelena Ignjatovic

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Development Economic ◽

Gender Inequalities ◽

The European Union ◽

The Sustainable Development

The Sustainable Development Strategy implies a targeted long-term process that affects economic, social, environmental and institutional aspects of life. The goal is to meet the social and economic interests of citizens, reduce poverty, reduce unemployment and gender inequalities and reduce negative impacts on natural resources and the environment, resulting in long-term economic growth with economic efficiency, technology and innovation. Accordingly, in 2015, the United Nations adopted Resolution A / RES / 70/1 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. At the end of the 20th century, parallel with the theory of development, which turned into the concept of sustainable development, there was globalization that integrated the entire world regions in order to gain as strong economic and financial positions as possible on the world stage. Today, Serbia is not in a position to choose whether to engage in modern globalization processes, but it must continue the initiated transitional reforms and accession to the European Union, regardless of the economic, political or environmental consequences. By implementing national policies, Serbia should aim at national and economic sovereignty, which will further influence sustainable development. Only by changing the current economic policy, by creating a national strategy based on the exploitation of domestic economic and industrial potentials, by reducing unemployment, social responsibility and individual freedom, economic growth and sustainable development can be achieved. This work, besides the introduction, consists of materials based on the presentation of the sustainable development strategy of the Republic of Serbia and also presents the results and discussion that draft the current situation with possible solutions to achieve sustainable development in the future. Finally, the final ratifications are provided.

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