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<p>In the 21st century, China’s unique governance pathways for sustainable grassland transformation offer insights for the global pursuit of green development. Here, we review the transition governance pathways of grasslands across representative countries and categorise them into three types: regulatory, market-based, and hybrid. In China, the transition is predominantly guided by a hybrid governance pathway, specifically encompassing three pathways: pressure control and mitigation, vertical transfer of pressure, and horizontal transfer of pressure. Using pathway observation data from 2000 to 2021, we find these pathways often follow a three-dimensional upgrade process and multi-layered nested structure, showing pronounced stage-specific succession and significant county-level heterogeneity. Utilising fixed-effects models and random forest analysis, we further demonstrate that these governance pathways have reversed the unsustainable development trends in most grassland counties within the study area, thereby largely achieving China’s sustainable grassland transformation goals.</p>

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Hybrid governance pathways driving western China’s sustainable grassland transformation

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    2026年5月22日

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  • Yue Wang,
  • Yongchun Yang,
  • Wei Zhang

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In the 21st century, China’s unique governance pathways for sustainable grassland transformation offer insights for the global pursuit of green development. Here, we review the transition governance pathways of grasslands across representative countries and categorise them into three types: regulatory, market-based, and hybrid. In China, the transition is predominantly guided by a hybrid governance pathway, specifically encompassing three pathways: pressure control and mitigation, vertical transfer of pressure, and horizontal transfer of pressure. Using pathway observation data from 2000 to 2021, we find these pathways often follow a three-dimensional upgrade process and multi-layered nested structure, showing pronounced stage-specific succession and significant county-level heterogeneity. Utilising fixed-effects models and random forest analysis, we further demonstrate that these governance pathways have reversed the unsustainable development trends in most grassland counties within the study area, thereby largely achieving China’s sustainable grassland transformation goals.