Pan et al. (2025) From Carbon–Water Diagnosis to Landscape Optimization: A New Framework for Sustainable Restoration in East Asian Karst

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Identification

• Journal: Land
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-12-29
• Authors: Yitong Pan, Siyu Wang, Wei Fu, Q. Li, Zhouyu Fan
• DOI: 10.3390/land15010066

Research Groups

Not explicitly mentioned in the provided text, but the study focuses on East Asian karst regions, encompassing Southwest China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

Short Summary

This study conducts a comprehensive comparative analysis of carbon–water trade-offs in East Asian karst regions from 2000 to 2023, identifying divergent eco-functional profiles and distinct threat drivers between Southwest China and the ASEAN region, and proposing a spatially explicit framework for targeted governance.

Objective

• To understand the underlying drivers of the divergent responses to environmental pressures in carbon–water trade-offs within contiguous karst areas of Southwest China and the ASEAN region.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: East Asian karst regions, specifically Southwest China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.
• Temporal Scale: 2000 to 2023.

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and Minimum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) models.
• Data sources: Not explicitly detailed, but implied to include data for carbon–water trade-offs, ecological patterns, atmospheric drought (VPD), and soil moisture deficit.

Main Results

• Two dominant eco-functional profiles were identified: a "stable carbon sink–moderate water consumption" pattern in Southwest China (15.38% of the area) and a "potentially unstable carbon sink–high water consumption" pattern widespread in ASEAN (24.00%).
• High-risk zones, such as eastern Myanmar, align with fragmented ecological corridors and exacerbate structural connectivity loss.
• Threat drivers differ between the two areas: atmospheric drought (VPD) has become the dominant constraint in ASEAN, while soil moisture deficit is the primary constraint in Southwest China.

Contributions

• Innovatively links metabolic risks (carbon–water trade-offs) to landscape resilience.
• Provides a spatially explicit framework for targeted governance in diverse ecohydrological contexts.
• Highlights the importance of context-specific strategies, cautioning against transferring restoration approaches between regions with divergent ecohydrological conditions.

Funding

Not mentioned in the provided text.

Citation

@article{Pan2025From,
  author = {Pan, Yitong and Wang, Siyu and Fu, Wei and Li, Q. and Fan, Zhouyu},
  title = {From Carbon–Water Diagnosis to Landscape Optimization: A New Framework for Sustainable Restoration in East Asian Karst},
  journal = {Land},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.3390/land15010066},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/land15010066}
}