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    China to deliver global ecological advancement?
    (Jan. 4, 2010, John D. Liu, The Guardian Weekly) China's successful approach to the ecological restoration of degraded land along the Yellow River could deliver an ecological breakthrough of global importance.
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71 organizations in 29 nations are hosting facilitated discussions and screenings of the film that is airing globally on BBC World, and premiered at COP15 in Copenhagen.
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Lessons of the Loess (Dec. 10, 2009, Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune)
Growing recognition of the important role of ecosystem restoration in stabilizing the changing climate

Commentary and Analysis

Thoughts on Designing Refugee Camps
John D. Liu, January 2009
Refugee camps may be better able to accomodate displaced people with less environmental damage.

China to deliver global ecological advancement?
John D. Liu, January 4, 2010, The Guardian Weekly
China's successful approach to the ecological restoration of degraded land along the Yellow River could deliver an ecological breakthrough of global importance.

A Comprehensive Strategy for Development in Poor Rural Communities (English / Chinese)
John D. Liu, September 2009
Because of global disruptions to ecosystems (e.g. climate change), poverty and degradation somewhere is is poverty and degradation everywhere.

Notes in Advance of Copenhagen (English)
John D. Liu, April 2009
Developing a global response to climate change that goes beyond CDM (the Clean Development Mechanism) and REDD (Reduction of Emissions by the Decrease in Deforestation and Degradation).

Potential Rehabilitation of Rugezi Highland Wetlands (English)
John D. Liu, December 2008
The Rugezi highland wetlands in Rwanda are a unique and important ecosystem where functionality or dysfunction has large local, regional and global consequences.

Hierarchy of Ecosystem Function (English)
John D. Liu (October 2008, Nairobi, Kenya)
Summarizes the hierarchy of ecosystem dysfunction for policy makers and others seeking to understand the processes that are determining critical outcomes (e.g. hydrological function, biodiversity, fertility, productivity) of their decisions and actions

A Global Reponse to Climate Change(English)
John D. Liu (April 2008)
Prepared for delegates at JP Morgan's China Conference 2008 in Beijing, China's environmental responsibilities are placed in a global context and restoration of ecosystem functionality is presented as a shared global challenge.

EarthsHope(English)
John D. Liu (2007)
Learning how to communicate the lessons of the Loess Plateau to heal the earth

Loess Leader (English)
John D. Liu (November 2006, Green Futures)
Commentary in UK's Forum for the Future on one of the world's most extraordinary exercises in ecological restoration taking shape in central China.

Restoring Land and Hope in China (English)
John D. Liu (November 2006, The New Agriculturalist)
Reflections on "Lessons of the Loess Plateau," a film documenting the remarkable rehabilitation of the Loess Plateau in Northern China, is being shown to African audiences to illustrate the challenges and potential rewards of involving farmers in large-scale ecological restoration projects.

Essay on "China's Sorrow-Earth's Hope" (English)
John D. Liu (November 2005)
Prepared for delegates at JP Morgan's China Conference 2005, reflections on the film documentation of the environmental challenges facing China and the rehabilitation of the Loess Plateau

Greening the Screen (English)
John D. Liu, 2001
Written in advance of the 2002 Earth Summit for the UNEP Magazine Our Planet, describes the extraordinary potential of television in mobilizing people in developing countries for sustainable development

Living with Competition in a Multi-Channel World (English)
John D. Liu, 1998
Address to the graduating class at the International School of Beijing