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DOI	10.1002/ldr.3277
	Combating desertification through economic development in northwestern China
	Feng, Qi; Tian, Yongzhen; Yu, Tengfei; Yin, Zhenliang; Cao, Shixiong
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1085-3278
EISSN	1099-145X
卷号	30 期号:8
英文摘要	Desertification affects about 36 x 10(6) km(2) of land around the world, two-thirds of the world's countries and one-fifth of its population, but poverty prevents these people from developing effective solutions. To balance the need for sustainable development with environmental protection, China's scientists have tested a new and more environmentally friendly approach based on ecological restoration projects that simultaneously provide a sustainable livelihood for the citizens affected by the projects. This strategy for controlling desertification requires cooperation among governments, scientists, and researchers from many disciplines and the communities affected by the program. To document the effectiveness of this strategy, we monitored the implementation of a programme to combat desertification in the Alxa League of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Our study showed that the new strategy can significantly increase vegetation cover, species richness, aboveground biomass, soil organic matter content, and soil nutrients. The successful ecological restoration provides potentially important lessons for other parts of the world that face the joint burden of poverty and environmental degradation.
关键词	ecological restoration land degradation livelihood poverty sustainable development
学科领域	Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Agriculture
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences ; Soil Science
来源期刊	LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
来源机构	中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/112082
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm Engn Res Inst, 320 Donggang West Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Feng, Qi,Tian, Yongzhen,Yu, Tengfei,et al. Combating desertification through economic development in northwestern China[J]. 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院,2019,30(8).
APA	Feng, Qi,Tian, Yongzhen,Yu, Tengfei,Yin, Zhenliang,&Cao, Shixiong.(2019).Combating desertification through economic development in northwestern China.LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT,30(8).
MLA	Feng, Qi,et al."Combating desertification through economic development in northwestern China".LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT 30.8(2019).