農村發展、社會脆弱性與氣候調適：中國自然資源治理的批判性分析(Rural Development, Social Vulnerability, and Climate Adaptation: A Critical Analysis of Natural Resources Governance in China)
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簡 介：
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) have emerged as a critical policy tool for promoting environmental conservation. However, market-based mechanisms like PES often reshape human-environment relationships, frequently resulting in environmental inequalities. Since 2000, the Chinese government has undertaken large-scale projects to restore degraded rural environments through agricultural restructuring. Despite these efforts, natural resource degradation persists. In 2022, China introduced the "National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation 2035." However, like previous conservation policies, it has not addressed the enduring effects of rural development and natural resource management, which have exacerbated climate vulnerability. This lecture examines institutional changes in natural resource management over the past forty years and their effects on the administrative apparatus and rural communities’ differing perceptions of environmental governance. It also critiques the increasing collusion between ecological research and the top-down resource management approach, reinforcing authoritarian control and overlooking local socio-ecological dynamics. The shift towards industrial farming, driven by capital investment and climate mitigation policies, has further estranged rural communities from their environments. Local governments, seeking to balance economic and political objectives, have promoted vertical consolidation of production chains that offer minimal benefits to rural populations, intensifying climate vulnerability and limiting local adaptive capacities. The commodification of natural resources has weakened conservation efforts, prompting critical questions about the Chinese government’s capacity to effectively balance conservation, poverty alleviation, and rural development.
講者簡介：
Dr. KuoRay Mao is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. As a green criminologist specializing in environmental governance and natural resource management in an illiberal context, he studies the intricate relationship between development, ecological crises, and the global environmental regulatory framework. Recent projects explore how neoliberal governance strategies—like payment for ecosystem services and green/nature-based finance—have evolved into mechanisms of green dispossession and perpetuated social and environmental injustices in regions like China, East Asia, and Latin America. Furthermore, he investigates how environmental degradation and green victimization lead to the emergence of authoritarian environmentalism throughout the Global South. He was awarded the Community Action Research Initiative Award from the American Sociological Association, the Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award from the Western Social Sciences Association, the Best Journal Article Award from the American Society of Criminology Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice, the Best Teacher Award from the CSU Alumni Association, and the American Regions Scholar Grant from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
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講者簡介：
Dr. KuoRay Mao is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. As a green criminologist specializing in environmental governance and natural resource management in an illiberal context, he studies the intricate relationship between development, ecological crises, and the global environmental regulatory framework. Recent projects explore how neoliberal governance strategies—like payment for ecosystem services and green/nature-based finance—have evolved into mechanisms of green dispossession and perpetuated social and environmental injustices in regions like China, East Asia, and Latin America. Furthermore, he investigates how environmental degradation and green victimization lead to the emergence of authoritarian environmentalism throughout the Global South. He was awarded the Community Action Research Initiative Award from the American Sociological Association, the Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award from the Western Social Sciences Association, the Best Journal Article Award from the American Society of Criminology Division on Critical Criminology and Social Justice, the Best Teacher Award from the CSU Alumni Association, and the American Regions Scholar Grant from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
活動說明：
1.本次演講活動不開放線上參與。
2.報名網址：https://forms.gle/Y919RcHHT4GrKVMi6