Strengthening the Climate Resilience and Restoration of Wetlands and Lakes in the Yangtze River Floodplain

This report shows how the wetlands and lakes of the People's Republic of China Yangtze River floodplain play a key role in supporting livelihoods and providing essential ecosystem services and offers actionable insights to increase its climate resilience.

Taking its lead from the Hunan South Dongting Lake Wetland Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Development Project, the report highlights growing threats to the floodplain climate change, habitat loss, and pollution. Designed to integrate biodiversity conservation with sustainable livelihood strategies, it shows how greater cross-sector coordination alongside nature-based interventions and eco-compensation schemes can help support effective ecosystem conservation and management.