Study site description: Yan River Basin, China

Table of Contents

1. Responsible partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
   1. Population density and structure
   2. Level and sources of income main stakeholder groups
   3. Impacts of land degradation on the livelihood of people
   4. Major challenges of existing land resource management
   5. Major drivers of main land degradation processes
5. Institutional and political setting
6. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups

Major challenges of existing land resource management

The first challenge is how to improve the yields on gentle slopes, terraces and alluvial land. The second one is how to make more money from forest and grassland. In social contact, if taking the soil and water conservation as a kind of job or contribution more than an obligation that reduce the risk of flood, the continuous subsidy from the government or the lower reaches of the Yellow River is another challenge.