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The Role and Practice of Geodiversity in Serving Ecosystems in China

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  • Yun Yu

    (Development and Research Center, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China)

  • Jianfeng Yang

    (Development and Research Center, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China)

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This paper demonstrates how geodiversity interconnects with the particular ecosystems and practices within China. As an essential component of natural diversity, geodiversity can provide the necessary services and products to ecosystems and humans. In current Chinese research, theories and methods of geodiversity in China are relatively lacking. We use the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment classification as a basis for four categories: provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services. In so doing we present the products and services associated with geodiversity in China. In practice, we found that China, especially in light of its geological survey, already has a working basis for maintaining and enhancing the quality of its geodiversity and geosystem. To better advance the theory and practice of geodiversity in China, we suggest making geodiversity and biodiversity the object of geological surveys to understand its natural processes and distribution. This will ensure that nature as a whole can be appropriately managed and protected, that geodiversity indicators in ecosystem assessments can be clarified, and that equally essential elements of nature policy to promote geodiversity and biodiversity can be added.

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  • Yun Yu & Jianfeng Yang, 2022. "The Role and Practice of Geodiversity in Serving Ecosystems in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-11, April.
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