This paper has been prepared for the Xiamen Forum on Ecosystem Management and Green Economy to be held on 6 September 2012 in Xiamen, China. The overall goal of the forum is to contribute to the implementation of green economy policies through promoting the central role of ecosystem management, called by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012 (Rio+20).

Authors：

• Jian Liu, Director, UNEP-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) 
• Jingzhu Zhao, Professor, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
• Pak Sum Low, Senior Scientist, UNEP-IEMP
• Denise Loga, Research Associate, UNEP-IEMP
• Ahmed Khan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Liang Wu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Yu Ma, Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Chao Fu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Guoqin Wang, Assistant to the Director, UNEP-IEMP
• Belarmain Fandohan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Ayub Oduor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNEP-IEMP
• Jialin He, Ph.D Candidate, UNEP-IEMP