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 drivers of main land degradation processes

Global change is the major drive force. The lack of money to measure and combat degradation is another driver.