干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Ecological restoration is the dominant driver of the recent reversal of desertification in the Mu Us Desert (China)

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DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122241
	Ecological restoration is the dominant driver of the recent reversal of desertification in the Mu Us Desert (China)
	Liu, Qingfu; Zhang, Qing; Yan, Yongzhi; Zhang, Xuefeng; Niu, Jianming; Svenning, Jens-Christian
通讯作者	Zhang, Q
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
ISSN	0959-6526
EISSN	1879-1786
出版年	2020
卷号	268
英文摘要	Desertification is a major obstacle to global sustainable development, and effective monitoring and an understanding of its driving factors are important for prevention and remediation. Therefore, assessing the role of ecological restoration policies in desertification is extremely urgent, especially quantified policies contribution. Here, we quantify the desertification process in the Mu Us Desert (China) from 1986 to 2015 based on remote sensing images, and using panel data analysis to assess the relative roles of climate, socioeconomic development and ecological restoration as drivers of these dynamics based on meteorological record, socioeconomic statistics and input funds of ecological restoration projects. We found (1) that, between 1986 and 2015, desertification of the Mu Us Desert initially intensified, but then declined, with maximum desertification in 2005, and (2) that, ecological restoration policies represent the dominant factor underlying the mitigation of desertification (60.9%), with a smaller, negative role of socioeconomic development (37.2%) and low impact of climate (1.8%). (3) There was obvious spatial heterogeneity in desertification process, with varying patterns among the three provinces (Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Ningxia): Desertification in Inner Mongolia experienced two episodes of inten-sification and reversals, with the strongest desertification in 1990 and 2005, while it peaked in Shaanxi and Ningxia in 2000 and 2005, respectively, with recovery in the following years. (4) Considerable differences are observed in the three driving factors affecting the desertification dynamics at the pro-vincial scale, with socioeconomic factors (36.4%) accounting for a slightly higher contribution than ecological restoration policies (34.8%) and climate factors (28.9%) in Inner Mongolia. The reversal of desertification has mainly driven by ecological restoration policies in Shaanxi (55.8%) and climatic factors in Ningxia (44.1%). This study reveals the desertification process, and detects the key role of ecological restoration policies in recovering from desertification by using quantitative policy data in the Mu Us Desert. Based on this, we suggest continuing to implement ecological restoration policy to maintain desertification recovery. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Policy Socioeconomic Climate Ecological restoration project Driving factor
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000561594800083
WOS关键词	PANEL-DATA ANALYSIS ; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; NORTHERN CHINA ; SANDY LAND ; ENVIRONMENT ; PROGRAM ; REGION ; AREAS ; EXPANSION ; PATTERNS
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325750
作者单位	[Liu, Qingfu; Zhang, Qing; Yan, Yongzhi; Zhang, Xuefeng; Niu, Jianming] Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Key Lab Ecol & Resource Use Mongolian Plateau, Minist Educ, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China; [Liu, Qingfu; Zhang, Qing; Yan, Yongzhi; Zhang, Xuefeng; Niu, Jianming] Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Inner Mongolia Key Lab Grassland Ecol, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China; [Liu, Qingfu; Svenning, Jens-Christian] Aarhus Univ, Dept Biosci, Sect Ecoinformat & Biodivers, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; [Liu, Qingfu; Svenning, Jens-Christian] Aarhus Univ, Ctr Biodivers Dynam Changing World BIOCHANGE, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; [Zhang, Xuefeng] Inner Mongolia Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Resources & Environm, Baotou Normal Coll, Baotou 014030, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Qingfu,Zhang, Qing,Yan, Yongzhi,et al. Ecological restoration is the dominant driver of the recent reversal of desertification in the Mu Us Desert (China)[J],2020,268.
APA	Liu, Qingfu,Zhang, Qing,Yan, Yongzhi,Zhang, Xuefeng,Niu, Jianming,&Svenning, Jens-Christian.(2020).Ecological restoration is the dominant driver of the recent reversal of desertification in the Mu Us Desert (China).JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,268.
MLA	Liu, Qingfu,et al."Ecological restoration is the dominant driver of the recent reversal of desertification in the Mu Us Desert (China)".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 268(2020).