Nature Communications (Feb 2023)
Unintended consequences of combating desertification in China
- Xunming Wang,
- Quansheng Ge,
- Xin Geng,
- Zhaosheng Wang,
- Lei Gao,
- Brett A. Bryan,
- Shengqian Chen,
- Yanan Su,
- Diwen Cai,
- Jiansheng Ye,
- Jimin Sun,
- Huayu Lu,
- Huizheng Che,
- Hong Cheng,
- Hongyan Liu,
- Baoli Liu,
- Zhibao Dong,
- Shixiong Cao,
- Ting Hua,
- Siyu Chen,
- Fubao Sun,
- Geping Luo,
- Zhenting Wang,
- Shi Hu,
- Duanyang Xu,
- Mingxing Chen,
- Danfeng Li,
- Fa Liu,
- Xinliang Xu,
- Dongmei Han,
- Yang Zheng,
- Feiyan Xiao,
- Xiaobin Li,
- Ping Wang,
- Fahu Chen
Affiliations
- Xunming Wang
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Quansheng Ge
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xin Geng
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhaosheng Wang
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lei Gao
- CSIRO, Waite Campus
- Brett A. Bryan
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
- Shengqian Chen
- ALPHA, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITPCAS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Yanan Su
- College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
- Diwen Cai
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jiansheng Ye
- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University
- Jimin Sun
- Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Huayu Lu
- School of Oceanographic and Geographic Sciences, Nanjing University
- Huizheng Che
- State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Institute of Atmospheric Composition, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
- Hong Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University
- Hongyan Liu
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
- Baoli Liu
- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Zhibao Dong
- School of Geography & Tourism, Shanxi Normal University
- Shixiong Cao
- School of Economics, Minzu University of China
- Ting Hua
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University
- Siyu Chen
- College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University
- Fubao Sun
- Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Geping Luo
- Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhenting Wang
- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shi Hu
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Duanyang Xu
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mingxing Chen
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Danfeng Li
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fa Liu
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xinliang Xu
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dongmei Han
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yang Zheng
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Feiyan Xiao
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiaobin Li
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ping Wang
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fahu Chen
- ALPHA, State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITPCAS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36835-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
This paper shows that desertification combating practices decline incomes of farmers and herders, and China needs to adapt its ecological programmes to address the impacts of climate change and create positive synergies to combat desertification.
