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Nitrate Vulnerable Zones and strategies of non-point pollution mitigation in China
Received:October 24, 2018  Revised:October 30, 2018
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KeyWord:non-point pollution;Nitrate Vulnerable Zones;mitigation options of N and P losses;nutrient management;NUFER model
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MA Lin Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China  
LU Jie Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China  
ZHAO Hao Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China  
BAI Zhao-hai Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China  
HU Chun-sheng Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Water-Saving Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050021, China cshu@sjziam.ac.cn 
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Abstract:
      Water contamination caused by agricultural source pollution has become more severe in recent years in China. This was not only impacted the ecological protection and but also put the safety of drink water in danger. Therefore, controlling the agricultural non-point and point pollution effectively is of great significance to secure sustainable water use and ecological environment protection.. The European Union (EU) and United States of America (USA) identified the regions which were sensitive to nitrate and phosphorus losses, and based on this developed the region specific nutrient management strategies. Through implement agricultural non-point source control and water pollution prevention practices in the nitrate vulnerable zone, the water contamination has been greatly improved in the EU member. In this study, we analyzed the how the EU countries setup region specific nutrient management practices based on the design of the nitrate vulnerable zones, and draws on the lessons about non-point pollution management from the experience from these countries. The first preliminary results of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones of in China has been showed. We also put forward some targeted advice on pollution prevention and control, aiming at contributing to the agricultural green development and the construction of green ecological environment.