Abstract China has 6.6 million km2 of drylands that support approximately 580 million
people. These drylands are at risk of desertification. In this Review, the changes observed in …

Forests provide vital ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, climate
regulation, and carbon storage. Large-scale afforestation programs are being attempted in …

China has responded to a national land-system sustainability emergency via an integrated
portfolio of large-scale programmes. Here we review 16 sustainability programmes, which …

Vegetation is an important component of terrestrial ecosystems, and it plays an important
role in preventing desertification and conserving soil and water in arid and semi-arid …

Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

The vegetation in the agro-pastoral transitional zone of northern China (APTZNC) was
significantly restored, and both climate change and ecological restoration projects …

Land degradation and desertification has been ranked as a major environmental and social
issue for the coming decades. Thus, the observation and early detection of degradation is a …

China has launched multiple afforestation programs since 1978, including the 'Three
North'Shelterbelt Development Program (TNSDP), the Bei**g–Tian** Sand Source Control …

Vegetation cover is a frequently used indicator for assessing terrestrial ecosystem
conditions. It is important to investigate the spatial and temporal change patterns of …

Central Asia (CA) is a core area of global desertification, but the effect of the intensifying
“global greening” policy on the desertification process under global warming scenarios in …