1. LAND RESTORATION IN CHINA.
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Huancheng, Guo, Dengru, Wu, and Hongxing, Zhu
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LAND use , *RECLAMATION of land , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *WINDBREAKS, shelterbelts, etc. , *DESERTIFICATION - Abstract
The article focuses on land restoration measures carried out in China. Land resources have not properly developed owing to the pressure from population growth and other socioeconomic problems. Land resources are utilized to ensure that the type of land used is related to the ecological characteristics of the area. Control measure appropriate to local conditions are adopted where desertification has developed. A large scale shelter belt system known as the "Green Wall of China" has been constructed to mitigate and hold back desertification.
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- 1989
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