Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVVIEWPOINTNEXTWhy Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification ProblemShixiong CaoCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 6, 1826–1831Publication Date (Web):March 15, 2008Publication History Published online15 March 2008Published inissue 1 March 2008https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es0870597https://doi.org/10.1021/es0870597newsACS Publications. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views9659Altmetric-Citations334LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (4 MB) Get e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts