Greening China naturally

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 828-831

  Cao, Shixiong ^a   Sun, Ge ^b   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Chen, Liding ^c   Feng, Qi ^d   Fu, Bojie ^c   McNulty, Steve ^b   Shankman, David ^e   Tang, Jianwu ^f   Wang, Yanhui ^g   Wei, Xiaohua ^h  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^f ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afforestation policy; Environmental degradation; Evironmental restoration; Reforestation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 80155175617     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0150-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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