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Greening China naturally

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  • Title:
    Greening China naturally
  • Author: Cao, Shixiong ; Sun, Ge ; Zhang, Zhiqiang ; Chen, Liding ; Feng, Qi ; Fu, Bojie ; McNulty, Steve ; Shankman, David ; Tang, Jianwu ; Wang, Yanhui ; Wei, Xiaohua
  • Subjects: Afforestation Policy ; Environmental Degradation ; Evironmental Restoration ; Reforestation ; Sustainable Development
  • Description: Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2011. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 40 (2011): 828-831, doi:10.1007/s13280-011-0150-8. China leads the world in afforestation, and is one of the few countries whose forested area is increasing. However, this massive ‘‘greening’’ effort has been less effective than expected; afforestation has sometimes produced unintended environmental, ecological, and socioeconomic consequences, and has failed to achieve the desired ecological benefits. Where afforestation has succeeded, the approach was tailored to local environmental conditions. Using the right plant species or species composition for the site and considering alternatives such as grassland restoration have been important success factors. To expand this success, government policy should shift from a forest-based approach to a results-based approach. In addition, long-term monitoring must be implemented to provide the data needed to develop a cost-effective, scientifically informed restoration policy. This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HJ2010-3) and the CAS/ SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams of ‘‘Ecosystem Processes and Services’’.
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Language: English
  • Source: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server)
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