Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-22

  Wang, X M ^a,b   Zhang, C X ^a   Hasi, E ^b   Dong, Z B ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Assessment; Land degradation

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; DESERTIFICATION; DUST STORM; INVESTMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; RESEARCH WORK; SEMIARID REGION; SHELTERBELT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71749083312     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.08.001     Document Type: Review

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