Scaling-up success in the Baimaxuseshan nature reserve, China

In the rugged mountains of China's Yunnan Province, the Baimaxueshan Nature Reserve has recently been expanded. As a result, a large number of Deqin County residents now find their homes within its boundaries and have had severe restrictions placed on their traditional livelihood strategies of agriculture, livestock rearing, hunting and foraging for food. This experience is not unique to Deqin County. Due to the Chinese government's growing commitment since the early 1980s to protecting biodiversity and upper watersheds, the conflict between protected areas and local people's welfare has..