U.S./China Collaboration: Coupled Human and Natural Systems in the News
For more than a decade, the research into coupled human and natural systems in and around China's Wolong Nature Reserve has captured international media attention. This powerful partnership has greatly increased public's understanding and appreciation of the importance of science-driven policy, of conservation, and critical issues of sustainability that benefits both the environment and people.
There have been thousands of features on aspects of this research over the years in the media -- from cover stories in major newspapers and magazines to TV reports to postings on blogs and in other social media.
Below is a selection of international news reports:
2011
Motherboard: Sustainabiilty Scholar Jack Liu on Globalization and "Telecoupling"
Time.com/Ecocentric blog: The new science of telecoupling shows just how connected the world is -- for better and for worse
Discovery.com: City dwellers are greener
Bio-Medicine: Scientists: Big city life may alter green attitudes
Fast Company: The Silver Lining to China's Cloud of Smog
New Scientist: Chinese megacities foster unlikely green citizens
The Telegraph (UK): City slickers are greener than country cousins
Science Centric: Scientists: Big city life may alter green attitudes
National Science Foundation (video): Jianguo "Jack" Liu discusses green behavior in China's big cities
Sify: People with good jobs in big cities likely to be more eco-friendly
EcoWorld: City Dwellers Are More Green-Minded, Study Finds
MSNBC: City dwellers are 'greener'
Click Green: High-flying city dwellers are more likely to be green, study finds
Grist: China's biggest cities grow its greenest citizens
2010
ScienceDaily: Quakes don't completely shake China's environmental gains, thanks to conservation programs
ScienceDaily: Most panda habitat is outside nature reserves, according to joint U.S-China research
The Dirt/Connecting the Built and Natural Environments: Restoring the balance between people and nature through wildlife habitat design
New York Times: China will tighten its supplies
EnvironmentalResearchWeb: Can peer pressure save the panda?
ScienceBlog: Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior
cast.org: 美国《科学》杂志推介科普出版社图书 (Chinese media)
New World Encyclopedia: Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
UNEP.org: 名人名言 (Chinese media)
2009
Nature: Genome reveals panda's carnivorous side
NSF: Peer Pressure Plays Major Role in Environmental Behavior
UPI: Peer pressure has environmental role
USA Today: Green neighbors unwittingly goad one to go green too
BBC: Wood harvest puts pandas at risk
baishuijiang.com: 7月29日，美国密执安州立大学系统综合与可持续研究中心刘建国教授，中国科学院环境研究中心副主任欧阳志云一行在管理局局长黄华梨的陪同下，到白马河保护站辖区对大熊猫栖息地保护及社区可持续发展等工作进行了调研 (Chinese media)
2008
Science: Letting 1000 Forests Bloom
Conservation Magazine: Ecological Freakonomics
Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese): 美调查报告说中国两大环保工程取得成效
Science Daily: China's Programs Aim to Restore Environment and Help People
UPI.com: China's 'green' programs: World models?
Big 5 (China): U.S. Science report said the success of China's two major environmental projects
People's Daily Online (China): China's two major environmental programs set examples for world
lahy.qikan.com: 高离婚率祸害环境 (Chinese media)
jizhe.cc: 离婚与生态环境 (Chinese media)
big5.cctv.com: 進入[晚間新聞 (Chinese media)
Expansive list of coverage in international news media and government agencies
2007
Washington Post: Divorce Found to Harm the Environment with Higher Energy, Water Use
Digital Journal: Social Science and Natural Science Working Together to Save the Earth
PBS.org Opinion: Environment: China's Environmental Future
Washington Post: Divorce Isn't Eco-Friendly
Los Angeles Times: In divorce, even the environment feels the pain
MSNBC: Want to help the environment? Don't divorce
USA Today: Marriage: Eco-friendlier than divorce?
Fox News: Researcher: Divorce Bad for Environment
Daily Mail (UK): Divorce is bad for the environment, scientists warn
Reuters: Stay married -- divorce is bad for environment
CBC News (Canada): Divorce bad for the environment, researchers say
Xinhua Daily Telegraph: 研究称，离婚不利于“节能降耗” (Chinese media)
www.news.cn: 美:研究结果表明 全球离婚率上升加剧环境危机 (Chinese media)
www.news.cn: 美研究显示离婚增加能耗损害环境 (Chinese media)
China Elections and Government: 「原文出处」译自《Nature》杂志2005年6月30日第1179～1186页，刊载于《世界环境》2005年第4期 (Chinese media)
2006
Discovery Channel: Planet Earth (click on Mountains, then the picture of the panda)
University of Michigan Population Studies Center: Jack Liu named Guggenheim Fellow
aboluowang.com: 全球化背景下的中国环境 (Chinese media)
2005
CRI Online: 離婚 也會破壞環境 (Chinese media)
ChinaWoolong.com: 保护与发展国际专家咨询委员会在卧龙成立 (Chinese media)
Chinese Sustainable Industrial Development Network: 美国教授谈中国环境问题 (Chinese media)
Knowledge Review: 全球化下的中國環境 (Chinese media)
2004
New York Times: The World -- People and Pollution; A Greener Globe, Maybe
tech.163.com: 大熊猫面临家园危机 (Chinese media)
2003
NSF: Researchers Tie Worldwide Biodiversity Threats to Growth in Households
Scientific American: Proliferation of Homes Threatens Biodiversity
Xinhuanet: 生物多样性与全球健康休戚相关 (Chinese media)
Chinese Ecosystem Research Network: 生物多样性与全球健康休戚相关 (Chinese media)
Nature News: Rising household numbers damage hotspots
2002
jyb.cn: 大熊猫的选择 (Chinese media)
CPST.net: 重新审视对大熊猫的保护 (Chinese media)
2001
New York Times: Human Competition Edging Out Those Loveable Icons of Wildlife
CNN: Study: China failing to protect panda preserve
Scientific American: Nature Reserve Can't Protect Giant Panda
Guardian (UK): Humans encroach on panda haven
