Abstract:

Over the past decades， China has creatively proposed and developed new ecological governance concepts such as systematic， comprehensive， source and whole-area governance of the “mountain， river， forest， farmland， lake， grassland， sand” systems. The transformation from single-element governance to multi-element integrated governance， and from individual river harnessing in to drainage basin management has been achieved. However， in the construction practice of key ecological projects such as the “Great Green Wall” project， it is still difficult to coordinate the ecological management of land elements （ecological land use） and vegetation elements （productivity）. In this study， we analyzed the uniqueness of the seven ecological elements of “mountain， river， forest， farmland， lake， grassland， sand”， and also proposed the idea of “skin” and “fur” management of these elements， as well as their typical areas and cases， which provide new insights for the future comprehensive desertification prevention and control in sandy areas and the construction of key ecological projects such as the “Great Green Wall” project.

Key words: mountain， river， forest， farmland， lake， grassland， sand, “skin” and “fur” management, desertification prevention and control, systematic governance