Changling

Institution: 
CAS
Main ecosystem type: 

Meadow steppes, sparse ulmus woodlands, farming ecosystem

Main land use: 

Grazing, artificial harvesting of grass, maize & bean & sunflower planting

Main degradation driver: 

Anthropogenic - overgrazing, steppe cultivation; natural – long lower temperature, wind, monsoon climate

Restoration actions applied: 

Fenced steppe: since 2002, 100 ha, Jailed herding (policy): since 2000, Artificial steppes construction: since 1992, common, Saline-alkali lands restoration: stalk fixing, since 2005

Stakeholders: 

Changling Horse Breeding Farm, Jilin Province Individual stakeholders in family form