KuoRay Mao
Dr. KuoRay Mao is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. His research interests concern how the multiple socio-economic and environmental disjunctions caused by globalization have engendered patterns of resource and risk allocation, which have, in turn, shaped structural inequality in East Asia. Since 2011, he has studied the role of the developmental state in the perpetuation of environmental harm. His research on the co-development between desertification and the neoliberal economic model in northwestern China has led to a Fulbright Fellowship for Graduate Studies, in addition to fellowships from the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation in the United States. He was also awarded the Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) Award from the American Sociological Association in 2015, the 2016 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 in 2019, and the 2020 Best Teacher Award from the Colorado State Alumni Association. His most recent research examines how resource governance in a state corporatist model interacts with community apathy toward environmental hazards and pollution. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Agrarian Change, Society & Natural Resources, and Critical Criminology. His most recent research examines how resource governance in a state corporatist model interacts with community apathy toward environmental hazards and pollution.
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Reward and Compensation Policy was introduced in 2011. It demonstrates how these institutional transformations have shaped pastoralists’ evolving understanding of grassland value and reveals that commodifying grassland’s economic and ecological value has led to the capitalization of nature, disembedding husbandry from grassland production, and undermining the effectiveness of conservation projects. This article also showcases the development of grassland ecology research in China, noting its increasing detachment from a holistic understanding of ecosystems and the interdisciplinary needs of management practices. The disjunction between grassland ecology research and practical management has resulted in a lack of techniques aligned with local ecological and socioeconomic contexts. This article champions active engagement with and protection of pastoralist communities
to reintegrate grasslands’ true economic and ecological value into management practices, thereby effectively restoring degraded grasslands and achieving sustainable management.
Reward and Compensation Policy was introduced in 2011. It demonstrates how these institutional transformations have shaped pastoralists’ evolving understanding of grassland value and reveals that commodifying grassland’s economic and ecological value has led to the capitalization of nature, disembedding husbandry from grassland production, and undermining the effectiveness of conservation projects. This article also showcases the development of grassland ecology research in China, noting its increasing detachment from a holistic understanding of ecosystems and the interdisciplinary needs of management practices. The disjunction between grassland ecology research and practical management has resulted in a lack of techniques aligned with local ecological and socioeconomic contexts. This article champions active engagement with and protection of pastoralist communities
to reintegrate grasslands’ true economic and ecological value into management practices, thereby effectively restoring degraded grasslands and achieving sustainable management.