Assessing China's ecological restoration programs: What's been done and what remains to be done?

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-453

  Yin, Runsheng ^a   Yin, Guiping ^b   Li, Lanying ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ecosystem Policy Institute of China   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Effectiveness of implementation; Environmental and socioeconomic changes; Integrated assessment; Significance of impact

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; DISCRETE CHOICE; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; EROSION CONTROL; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH; FIELD DATA; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; LAND AREAS; MATRIX; NATURAL FORESTS; PROGRAM EXECUTION; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SLOPING LAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RESTORATION; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCOME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; LOGGING; REVEGETATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CHINA;

EID: 77952019454     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9387-4     Document Type: Review

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