Special Issue Call for papers专辑征稿

Special issue on "Ecological monitoringsystem and protection countermeasures in major river basins"

Key words: Eco-hydrological processes; Policy planning; Adaptive management; Resources exploitation; Ecosystem service; Climate change

Submission deadline: 30 May2024

Publication date: October 2024

Guest Editors:

• JianSun, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. sunjian@itpcas.ac.cn
• Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva,State University of Campinas, Brazil.rbicudo@unicamp.br
• Huakun Zhou, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. hkzhou@nwipb.cas.cn
• Kai Xue, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. xuekai@ucas.ac.cn
• Yanpeng Zhu, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China. zhuyp@craes.org.cn
• Yingxin Wang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. wangyx@itpcas.ac.cn
• Hamid Gholami, University of Hormozgan, Iran. Hadesert64@gmail.com;hgholami@hormozgan.ac.ir

A brief summary of this Special Issue Call for Papers

In a globalized world, systematic ecological assessments, implementation of monitoring systems, and the adoption of protection measures for major river basins are particularly important for the mantainance of health ecosystems and for the well-being of human populations. The major river basins are not only the source of life on Earth, but also an important foundation for the economic development of human societies. However, with the increasing human activities, the natural environment of these basins is facing serious threats. Therefore, establishing sound systematic assessment approaches, monitoring systems, and the adoption of effective protection measures have become a top priority for policy makers and scientists.

Under the dual pressures of climate change and human activities, the major rivers’ environment have undergone drastic changes, leading to significant shifts in their ecological structure and function, and provision of ecosystem services. However, systematic studies on the ecosystem carrying capacity and ecosystem services of major rivers in a changing environment are still lacking. Additionally, rational and orderly exploitation of resources (e.g., mineral exploitation and hydropower development) and overall coordination of the relationship between resources exploitation and the environmental protection are of great practical significance for the sustainable development of the energy and mining sectors, and for the environmental protection of major river basins worldwide. 

The topics of interest for this special issue are:

(1) The understanding of the connections between climate change and human activities on the ecosystem changes through multi-source biophysical datasets on different types of ecosystems and under different spatial patterns;

(2) Analysis of spatial-temporal changes of the eco-hydrological processes in ecosystems based on multi-source biophysiscal datasets by using eco-hydrological models;

(3) Examining the environmental impacts of regional resources extraction in light of ecological vulnerabilities, and proposing an ecological monitoring technology framework;

(4) Proposing a comprehensive management framework and a regulatory strategy that considers the interplay between ecosystem service functions, ecological protection, and livelihood security;

(5) Developing an assessment index system for key ecosystem services, illustrating the dynamics of ecological barrier functions, and presenting an optimization and regulation strategy for their enhancement.