Balancing green and grain trade

被引:786
作者
Chen, Yiping [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Wang, Kaibo [1 ,2 ]
Lin, Yishan [1 ,2 ]
Shi, Weiyu [1 ,2 ]
Song, Yi [1 ,2 ]
He, Xinhua [4 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, Xian 710075, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, Xian 710075, Peoples R China
[3] State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[4] Univ Western Australia, Sch Plant Biol, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
关键词
LOESS-PLATEAU; CHINA; FARMLAND; IMPACTS; CLIMATE; YELLOW;
D O I
10.1038/ngeo2544
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Since 1999, China's Grain for Green project has greatly increased the vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau. Now that erosion levels have returned to historic values, vegetation should be maintained but not expanded further as planned.
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页码:739 / 741
页数:3
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