Riparian-zone restorationRiparian-zone restoration is the ecological restoration of riparian-zone habitats of streams, rivers, springs, lakes, floodplains, and other hydrologic ecologies. A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth; the habitats of plant and animal communities along the margins and river banks are called riparian vegetation, characterized by aquatic plants and animals that favor them.
Fleuve JauneLe fleuve Jaune (), ou Huáng hé, est le deuxième plus long fleuve de Chine après le Yangzi Jiang. Long de , il prend sa source dans le plateau tibétain et après avoir traversé les provinces de Gansu, Níngxià, Mongolie-Intérieure, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan et Shandong il se jette dans la mer de Bohai, dans la mer Jaune. Le bassin versant du fleuve d'une superficie de est caractérisé par un climat en grande partie semi-aride qui explique le débit modéré du fleuve à son embouchure ().
Impact evaluationImpact evaluation assesses the changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention, such as a project, program or policy, both the intended ones, as well as ideally the unintended ones. In contrast to outcome monitoring, which examines whether targets have been achieved, impact evaluation is structured to answer the question: how would outcomes such as participants' well-being have changed if the intervention had not been undertaken? This involves counterfactual analysis, that is, "a comparison between what actually happened and what would have happened in the absence of the intervention.
