Muhammad Arif|Changxiao Li
Impacts of environmental literacy on ecological networks in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Southwest University|Southwest University
environmental illiteracy threatens functioning mechanisms ecological networks worldwide yet many people remain dubious existence knowledge deficit model suggests giving public local people government personnel additional information would alleviate distrust limited evidence indicating environmental literacy metrics elms influence ecological network indicators enis plant cover habitat exotics regeneration erosion stressors throughout drawdown zone upstream midstream downstream within dams reservoirs despite widespread implementation enhance riparian zone conservation study tackles knowledge gap using multivariate statistical methods assess enis covered area 58000 km2 327 transects fieldbased approach inside chinas three gorges reservoir area tgra 2019 bar graph results showed largest lack information elms eg knowledge attitude behavior general populace biggest effect plant cover midstream least impact regeneration upstream elms local people influenced enis within downstream coefficients pearson correlation range 067 r 098 however elms knowledge behavior government personnel showed greatest correlations enis 041 r 074 midstream attitude towards downstream comparison among enis vegetation cover grass exotics gullying longitudinal continuity farming systems allimportant enis within tgra enis elms varied substantially section drawdown zone according hierarchical approaches results educate decisionmakers spatial variations enis riparian regions dams reservoirs need locationbased initiatives raise inclusive impact awareness among chinese public