Abstract:

As ecological civilization has become a national strategy, land rehabilitation and ecological restoration need more support from ecological science and environmental technology. Biodiversity in a agricultural landscape is an important natural resource, which provides important ecosystem services for sustainable development of the human society and helps humans to cope with risks like climate change. In this paper, we analyzed the importance of biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscape in China and the challenges involved in land rehabilitation and ecological restoration. We systematically summarized the relevant conservation experiences and methods reported by the European Union. Finally, we proposed four strategies integrating the biodiversity conservation into land rehabilitation and ecological restoration in accordance with the national strategy for pursuing ecological civilization. The four strategies are: the “ecological restoration and management-ecological compensation-human welfare improvement” strategy in ecological space; the “ecological infrastructure-ecosystem services enhancement-green development” strategy in agricultural space; the “multifunctional landscape-green livable space construction” strategy in urban and rural living space; and the “biodiversity conservation network” strategy in overall territorial space.

Key words: ecological civilization, land rehabilitation, ecological restoration, agricultural landscape, biodiversity conservation