The deterioration of grassland ecology is threatening the livelihood of herdsmen and increasing their rates of poverty. This study aims to explore the characteristics of herdsmen’s livelihood and the impact of livelihood capital and environmental perception on livelihood strategy selection. Based on 453 herdsmen households in the Province of Gansu and Qinghai, five types of livelihood capital were measured under the sustainable livelihoods framework. The influence of herdsmen’s livelihood capital on their decisions regarding their livelihood strategies was evaluated in multiple logistic functions. Meanwhile, hierarchical regression analysis and grouping regression methods were used to explore the moderating effects of two dimensions of environmental perception: ecological consciousness and sense of responsibility. The following results were obtained: First, all types of livelihood capital have a significant influence on the livelihood diversification of herdsmen; second, the direction and strength of these effects differ among types of livelihood capital. Moreover, environmental perception played a negative moderating role in the relationship between herdsmen’s livelihood capital and livelihood strategies. Therefore, it is expected to introduce policies ensuring the development of herdsmen’s livelihood capital and improve their environmental cognition, which can help realize the coordinated economic and ecological development of grassland.

Taking the Giant Panda National Park as an example, this paper uses factor analysis to measure residents’ financial awareness and mediating effect models to investigate the influence paths of community governance, financial awareness, and residents’ willingness to participate in the construction and development of national parks. Finally, it suggests potential solutions for national park development and biodiversity conservation. The results indicated that financial awareness and community governance levels had a positive effect on residents’ willingness to participate, and satisfaction with community governance played a significant partially mediating role in their financial awareness, which in turn influenced their level of willingness.

The basic unit of rural revitalization is the village. Rural revitalization can be comprehensively promoted by using rural typology as an instrument for rural zoning planning, which is a significant factor. This study clarified the relationship between rural revitalization and basic public services, constructed evaluation index systems, and analyzed the symbiotic mode. The comprehensive development level and the symbiotic mode were incorporated to determine the type of village. The results showed the following: (1) The thriving industry and affluent life of Tangfang Town obviously contributed to its rural revitalization; the achievement of basic environmental improvement was eminent. (2) There are differences in the comprehensive development level of rural revitalization and basic public services among administrative villages, with an overall trend of “high in the north and low in the south”, corresponding to the industrial layout of “north industry and south agriculture” in Tangfang Town. (3) The symbiosis coefficients of all the administrative villages in Tangfang Town were between 0 and 0.5, and there was a positive symmetric mutualism relationship overall, indicating that basic public services have a significant impact and can effectively promote the process of rural revitalization. (4) Villages in Tangfang Town are divided into five functional areas—the comprehensive coordination area, potential improvement area, restricted development area, unbalanced allocation area, and backward guarantee area—and various types of optimization development strategies are proposed. As one of the top 100 demonstration towns for rural revitalization in Shaanxi Province, Tangfang Town plays a leading and exemplary role. Within the context of rural revitalization strategies, solving the problem of how to realize differentiated development in the next five years has become urgent. This study aimed to effectively promote the process of rural revitalization, provide theoretical guidance for scientific development in Tangfang Town, and promote research ideas for other towns in China.

Against the backdrop of increasing global food security pressures and tightening resource–environment constraints, enhancing grain production efficiency has become a focal international concern. Based on panel data from 16 cities in Shandong Province, China, spanning 2013 to 2022, this study employs the DEA–Malmquist index, SBM model, and Spatial Durbin model to measure grain production efficiency and analyze its spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors. The findings reveal that Shandong’s grain production efficiency has generally improved but exhibits a spatial differentiation pattern of “higher in Western Shandong, lower in Eastern Shandong,” with significant positive spatial correlation and agglomeration effects. Mechanization significantly boosts efficiency, while urbanization, excessive fertilizer and pesticide use, and labor surplus exert notable negative impacts. This research clarifies the spatial spillover mechanisms and key constraints of efficiency, providing scientific evidence and practical guidance for optimizing agricultural resource allocation, promoting regional collaborative innovation, and formulating differentiated food security policies in Shandong Province and other regions with similar natural–economic conditions.

In the context of the connotative development of higher education in the New Era, integrating ideological and political education into the curriculum is crucial for enhancing the quality of talent cultivation. This paper focuses on the cultivation of interdisciplinary and innovative talents in the land resource management major. It begins by analyzing the necessity and challenges of constructing a curriculum-based ideological and political education system for courses in this major. A four-wheel drive navigation system, centered on the concept of "sustainable human-land relationship" and structured by the "bottom line-baseline-ladder line-main line" framework, is proposed. On this basis, a theoretical framework that integrates value guidance with competency cultivation is constructed. Taking the "land information system" course as an example, this study identifies and integrates ideological and political elements, and establishes a dynamic case library. Furthermore, diverse teaching strategies are designed to facilitate the integration of ideological and political education into teaching practices. The synergy among the theoretical framework, case library, and teaching strategies has significantly enhanced students' comprehensive competencies and sense of social responsibility. This research provides a systematic approach and a practical pathway for the ideological and political construction of courses in land resource management and related disciplines. It not only enriches the teaching content and methods of land resource management courses but also helps students establish correct values and a sense of social responsibility during their acquisition of professional knowledge, thereby better meeting the demands of contemporary society for high-quality land resource management professionals.