Abstract
Degradation is a key issue facing the world, and the situation is particularly severe in China's vulnerable ecosystems, where sandy desertification, soil erosions by water and wind, and karst desertification are serious problems. China's 13th five-year development plan (2016–2020) prioritized the establishment of an ecological civilization to improve the country's ecological security. In this paper, we analyzed the contribution of ecological restoration technologies (ERTs) to achieving a selected number of ecological civilization targets (ECTs). It is found that there are altogether 17 ECTs defined for the regions under study, the total contribution of ERTs to ECTs is about 27.2%, with contribution to economic targets ranking the highest, followed by ecological, social, and environmental targets. The technologies contributed most to regions affected by soil erosion, followed by regions affected by karst desertification and sandy desertification. Biological technology was the most used restoration technology. These findings are significant for reviewing the effectiveness of restoration technologies, and their ability to achieve the ecological civilization goals.
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