Aside fromthe “Grain for Green” program, the shelter forest program is also one of the most important steps taken by government to hold back the expansion of huge deserts in the northwestern region,diminishnatural disasters and improve the ecological environment...
In 1999 the Chinese government implemented the Grain-for-Green Program (herein referred to as the Program), a well rounded program of ecological reconstruction to help control the country's soil erosion problems. This study quantitatively analyzed the impacts of the Program using data from 11 ...
(2005). Grain for Green: Cost-effectiveness and sustainability of China’s conservation set-aside program. Land Economics, 81(2), 247–264. Wang, C., & Maclaren, V. (2011). Evaluation of economic and social impacts of the sloping land conversion program: A case study in Dunhua County, ...
The Grain for Green Project (GFGP), which is also known as the largest ecological restoration program, has been implemented by converting sloping (> 15°) and degraded arable land and barren land into forest and grassland, and this program has led to a large area of afforestation and refores...
Although the initial goal of the ''Grain for Green'' program was to control soil erosion on the Loess Plateau, it has been instrumental in increasing both the rate and overall quantity of C sequestered in the soil7,10. At present, the ''Grain for Green'' program is the first and ...
Livelihood changes matter for the sustainability of ecological restoration: A case analysis of the Grain for Green Program in China's largest Giant Panda R... Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are expected to promote ecological restoration while simultaneously improving human livelihoods. As an ...
Subsequently,the Grain-for-Green Project was implemented in China's central and western provinces to prevent soil erosion. As it changed farmers' production mode,the project also had economic effects. The government has recently focused on economic effects,particularly on poverty alleviation. This ...
& Xu J. The Chinese Grain for Green Programme: Assessing the carbon sequestered via land reform . J. Environ. Manag. 126 , 142–146 (2013).Persson, M., Moberg, J., Ostwald, M., Xu, J., 2013. The Chinese Grain for Green Pro- gramme: assessing the carbon sequestered via land ...
Impacts of the \"Grain for Green\" Project on Rural Communities in the Upper Min River Basin, Sichuan, China Impacts of the Grain for Green project on rural communities in the upper Min River Basin, Sichuan, China. Mountain Research and Development 23, 345-352... YQ Ye,GJ Hong - 《Mou...
This book provides a comprehensive review of Grain for Green, China's nationwide program which pays farmers to revert sloping or marginal farm land to trees or grass. The program aims to improve the ecological conditions of much of China, and the socioeconomic circumstances of hundreds of million...