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We analyzed and evaluated the change of natural ecological land in the function-oriented planning regions where we applied the major function-oriented zones introduced as a new concept in China. Using the land-use data from 2009 to 2018 that were produced by the National Land Use Survey, we re-classified natural ecological land types into the forest, grassland, wetland, and bare land, and then addressed the changes of natural ecological land types from 2009 to 2018 in the major function-oriented zones. As a result, the area of natural ecological lands generally tended to decrease from 2009 to 2018, while the decreasing trend of natural ecological land areas was controlled after 2015 with the implementation of governmental policies for environment protection and eco-logical projects. Especially, the decrease of forest land area significantly tended to be zero in 2018 in optimal development zones. The decreased areas of natural ecological lands were mostly converted from artificial land from 2008 to 2019. On the other side, the forest lands mostly changed from cropland and grassland in key development zones, agricultural production zones, and key ecological function zones, due to the fact that grassland conversed in afforestation during this period. The evaluation of natural ecological land changes, which could be implemented by using the annual updates of national land-use data in China, is significant to support the government\u2019s spatial regulation design, to reshape the planned regions, and make policies for environmental restoration and protection management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi10030172","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,16]],"date-time":"2021-03-16T12:01:02Z","timestamp":1615896062000},"page":"172","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Evaluating Natural Ecological Land Change in Function-Oriented Planning Regions Using the National Land Use Survey Data from 2009 to 2018 in China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8743-1820","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhijie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"},{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"}]},{"given":"Yuanjie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China"}]},{"given":"Xiao","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"},{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of Land Use, Ministry of Natural Resources, China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Beijing 100035, China"}]},{"given":"Liping","family":"Lei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China"}]},{"given":"Yuqi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Land Use, Ministry of Natural Resources, China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Beijing 100035, China"}]},{"given":"Xudong","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Land Use, Ministry of Natural Resources, China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Beijing 100035, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106686","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ecolind.2020.106686","article-title":"Influence of ecological land change on wind erosion prevention service in arid area of northwest China from 1990 to 2015","volume":"117","author":"Li","year":"2020","journal-title":"Ecol. 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