Desertification: China provides a solution to a global challenge

doi:10.15302/J-FASE-2017187

Front. Agr. Sci. Eng.

2017, Vol. 4

Issue (4) : 402-413 https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2017187

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Desertification: China provides a solution to a global challenge

Yingshuang BAO¹, Leilei CHENG¹, Yanfeng BAO¹, Liu YANG¹, Lina JIANG², Chao LONG³, Zhe KONG³, Peng PENG³, Jun XIAO³, Qi LU¹(

)

¹. Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
². Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
³. Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation, Beijing 100021, China

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Abstract

Desertification has been caused by various factors and is a major environmental problem and development bottleneck faced by the world. It is also a serious threat to ecological security and to sustainable economic and social development. As a stubborn world problem, focused on by the United Nations 2030 sustainable development goal 15.3, China aims to combat desertification by implementing the “eight-column four-beam” strategy, and also suggest the “four-medicine” approach for global desertification governance. This includes the development of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification protocol, unified global compliance and compliance metrics; building a global observation network, and monitoring land changes based on remote sense; preparing the global natural desert (heritage) list, leaving the original deserts for future generations; initiating the global action of combating desertification, and striving to achieve a land degradation-neutral world by 2030.

Keywords desertification global governance land degradation neutrality LDN origin status strategy sustainable development

Corresponding Author(s): Qi LU

Just Accepted Date: 07 December 2017 Online First Date: 27 December 2017 Issue Date: 10 December 2017

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Yingshuang BAO,Leilei CHENG,Yanfeng BAO, et al. Desertification: China provides a solution to a global challenge[J]. Front. Agr. Sci. Eng. , 2017, 4(4): 402-413.

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Fig.1 China’s strategy and actions to combat desertification

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