Drivers and impacts of changes in China's drylands

C Li, B Fu, S Wang, LC Stringer, Y Wang, Z Li… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration

S Cao, L Chen, D Shankman, C Wang, X Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Afforestation is a primary tool for controlling desertification and soil erosion in China. Large-
scale afforestation, however, has complex and poorly understood consequences for the …

Revegetation in China's Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

X Feng, B Fu, S Piao, S Wang, P Ciais, Z Zeng… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Revegetation of degraded ecosystems provides opportunities for carbon sequestration and
bioenergy production,. However, vegetation expansion in water-limited areas creates …

Balancing green and grain trade

Y Chen, K Wang, Y Lin, W Shi, Y Song, X He - Nature Geoscience, 2015 - nature.com
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visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the …

Revegetation does not decrease water yield in the Loess Plateau of China

B Zhang, L Tian, Y Yang, X He - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation restoration over degraded drylands has considerable climate, carbon and
ecosystem benefits, yet its water impacts remain contentious. Previous studies suggest that …

Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a B udyko hydrological model in C hina's L oess P lateau

W Liang, D Bai, F Wang, B Fu, J Yan… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding hydrological effects of ecological restoration (ER) is fundamental to develop
effective measures guiding future ER and to adapt climate change in China's Loess Plateau …

Revegetation projects significantly improved ecosystem service values in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China in recent 20 years

M Liu, Y Jia, J Zhao, Y Shen, H Pei, H Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Revegetation is a conventional approach used for ecological protection and restoration
projects, especially in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China (AENC). However, for this …

Excessive afforestation and soil drying on China's Loess Plateau

S Zhang, D Yang, Y Yang, S Piao… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Afforestation and deforestation as human disturbances to vegetation have profound impacts
on ecohydrological processes influencing both water and carbon cycles and ecosystem …

Effectiveness of re-vegetated forest and grassland on soil erosion control in the semi-arid Loess Plateau

YF Liu, Y Liu, ZH Shi, M López-Vicente, GL Wu - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Afforestation reduces soil loss and minimizes landslide risk worldwide, but little is known on
the effectiveness of afforestation policies to control soil erosion with different vegetation …

Ecological restoration exacerbates the agriculture-induced water crisis in North China Region

Y Zhou, J Dong, Y Cui, M Zhao, X Wang, Q Tang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The North China Region (NCR), a typical grain base and highly populated area in
China, is a well-recognized global groundwater funnel. Severe water shortage has been …