The karst area in Yunnan-Guangxi-Guizhou region in southwest China is known for
widespread rocky desertification but several studies report a greening trend since the year …

General greening in vegetation, especially in southwest China, has been observed globally
in recent decade. However, temporal-spatial variation patterns and potential causes of …

From the 1950s to 1980s, the rapid disappearance of vegetation led to severe
environmental degradation in the karst region of southwest China. Projects to restore …

To alleviate the severe rocky desertification and improve the ecological degradation
conditions in Southwest China, the national and local Chinese governments have …

China has conducted large-scale eco-afforestation projects in karst areas for mitigating
rocky desertification in recent decades. However, the benefits of karst vegetation productivity …

Land-use/cover change (LUCC) caused by urbanization has impacted environment and
become an important factor driving global change. Karst is a very fragile environment and …

Over the past two decades, eco-engineering has been recognized as an important
restoration approach to promote vegetation regrowth and greenness in a widespread rocky …

The karst area in southwest China is, in recent decades, one of the world's regions with the
fastest vegetation growth and increase in aboveground biomass. The improvement in the …

The karst region in southwestern China, one of the largest continuous karst areas in the
world, is special for its high landscape heterogeneity, unique hydrology, high endemism …

Study of land use/cover change and its driving forces is one of the most significant fields in
global environmental change research. Karst land is a type of important and unique terrain …