Combating desertification in China: Past, present and future

Land Use Policy

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 311-313

  Wang, Feng ^a   Pan, Xubin ^b   Wang, Dongfang ^a   Shen, Chongyang ^c   Lu, Qi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China desert ecosystem research network (CDERN); Desertification; Land degradation; National ecological engineering project

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING;

CHINA;

EID: 84871935227     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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