China's conversion of cropland to forest program: a systematic review of the environmental and socioeconomic effects

Farming on sloping lands has historically led to forest loss and degradation in China, which coupled with unsustainable timber extraction activities, was deemed responsible for catastrophic flooding events in the late 1990s. These events led to the introduction of forest policies targeting ecologica...

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Main Authors:	Gutiérrez Rodríguez, L., Hogarth, N.J., Zhou, W., Xie, Chen., Zhang, Kun., Putzel, L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	agricultural land biodiversity carbon sequestration erosion flood control flooding floods food security forestry policies forests geographical distribution sloping land socioeconomics
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/94885