Why large-scale afforestation efforts in China have failed to solve the desertification problem.

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  • Shixiong Cao
چکیده

Environmental Science & Technology is published by the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036 Correspondence/Rebuttal Response to Comment on “Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed to Solve the Desertification Problem” Shixiong Cao Environ. Sci. Technol., 2008, 42 (21), 8166-8166 • DOI: 10.1021/es801979e • Publication Date (Web): 23 September 2008 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 7, 2009

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental science & technology

دوره 42 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008