the Loess Plateau area. The M&E system for the China Watershed Management Project (CWMP) has been developed on the base of … describe the specific features of and challenges for watershed M&E before chapter five goes into a detailed presentation of the …

China has undergone a profound economic and social transformation as it moves from a centrally-planned to a market …-oriented economy. Land issues are implicated in this ongoing transformation in numerous important ways - as key factors in China …'s quest for economic growth, national food security and social stability; as important influences in the rapid growth of China …

China is a global leader in the use of ecological compensation ("eco-compensation”)—fiscal transfers for environmental … and natural resources management. China is one of the most fiscally decentralized countries in the world, with 85 percent … impacts, and distills broad lessons from China for similar policies globally …