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

Xiaoming Feng, Bojie Fu (), Shilong Piao, Shuai Wang, Philippe Ciais, Zhenzhong Zeng, Yihe Lü, Yuan Zeng, Yue Li, Xiaohui Jiang and Bingfang Wu
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Xiaoming Feng: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bojie Fu: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Piao: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Shuai Wang: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philippe Ciais: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE), CEA CNRS UVSQ
Zhenzhong Zeng: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Yihe Lü: State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuan Zeng: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue Li: College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Xiaohui Jiang: Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, YRCC
Bingfang Wu: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 11, 1019-1022

Abstract: China’s ‘Grain for Green’ revegetation programme has potential to help mitigate climate change. However, the increased water demand in the Loess Plateau is approaching a level that will impact on water availability to meet human demand.

Date: 2016
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