Study site description: Yan River Basin, China

Table of Contents

1. Responsible partner
2. General information
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
5. Institutional and political setting
   1. Institutions involved in natural resource management and desertification
   2. Civil societies and traditional organisations
   3. Existing laws and policies for land and water resource management
6. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups

Institutions involved in natural resource management and desertification

• The Office for Soil and Water Conservation in the Yanhe River Basin, and its branches in Ansai and Baota County
• Environment Monitoring Center for Soil and Water Conservation of Yellow River Basin
• Institute of Sand-Control of Shaanxi