Sustainability of Forests Created by China's Sloping Land Conversion Program: A comparison among three sites in Anhui, Hubei and Shanxi

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-167

  Song, Conghe ^a,b   Zhang, Yulong ^c   Mei, Ying ^b   Liu, Hua ^b   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^d   Zhang, Quanfa ^c   Zha, Tonggang ^d   Zhang, Kerong ^c   Huang, Chenglin ^b   Xu, Xiaoniu ^b   Jagger, Pamela ^e   Chen, Xiaodong ^a   Bilsborrow, Richard ^e  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Livelihoods; Reforestation; Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CURRENT FACTORS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; LIVELIHOODS; LOCAL CONTEXTS; SAFETY NETS; SLOPING LAND;

AGRICULTURE; REFORESTATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; REFORESTATION;

EID: 84888058875     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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