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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159354
	Assessing the effects of China's Three-North Shelter Forest Program over 40 years
	Zhai, Junjie; Wang, Ling; Liu, Yuan; Wang, Chengyuan; Mao, Xuegang
通讯作者	Mao, XG
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
出版年	2023
卷号	857
英文摘要	Forests provide vital ecosystem services such as soil and water conservation, climate regulation, and carbon storage. Large-scale afforestation programs are being attempted in many countries to improve environmental conditions in de-teriorated or unfavorable locations. China's Three Northern Protected Forest Program (TNSFP), accounting for 42.40 % of China's total land area, is the world's largest afforestation program to date. The TNSFP has continued providing critical ecosystem services to humans over 73 years (1978-2050) with a total investment of CNY 93.3 billion. To facil-itate understanding of the TNSFP's contribution, the effects of the TNSFP for last 43 years were comprehensively eval-uated by using integrated review of structured literature, bibliometric analysis, and thematic analysis. We incorporated and expanded the direct ecosystem services evidence of the TNSFP from wind and sand control, soil erosion control and carbon sequestration to indirect economic benefits, e.g. increasing crop yield and promoting economic develop-ment. We found that over the past 40 years of TNSFP construction, wind and sand hazards and soil erosion in China's Three-North areas have been effectively controlled, and forest carbon sequestration, grain production and eco-nomic output have steadily increased. The ecosystem services provided by the TNSFP are highly consistent with the thrust of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the TNSFP has contributed to the realization of SDG2, SDG8, SDG13, and SDG15. Although achieving tremendous ecological, economic, and social benefits, the TNSFP still has knowledge gaps in its scientific basis. And the limited local engagement and insufficient investment highly hinder the TNSFP from playing its multiple functions. We suggest several urgent actions and directions to address these lim-itations. This review could help researchers gain insight into key areas of ecological restoration in the TNSFP, provid-ing a reference for future research in the TNSFP construction in China and other regions of the world embarking on similar journeys.
英文关键词	Ecological restoration Deserti fication Soil erosion Sustainable development Forestry ecological engineering
类型	Review
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000899042400002
WOS关键词	HORQIN SANDY LAND ; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS ; SYLVESTRIS VAR. MONGOLICA ; CARBON SEQUESTRATION ; LOESS PLATEAU ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; COMBATING DESERTIFICATION ; WATER CONSERVATION ; SEMIARID AREAS ; SEDIMENT LOAD
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/398477
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhai, Junjie,Wang, Ling,Liu, Yuan,et al. Assessing the effects of China's Three-North Shelter Forest Program over 40 years[J],2023,857.
APA	Zhai, Junjie,Wang, Ling,Liu, Yuan,Wang, Chengyuan,&Mao, Xuegang.(2023).Assessing the effects of China's Three-North Shelter Forest Program over 40 years.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,857.
MLA	Zhai, Junjie,et al."Assessing the effects of China's Three-North Shelter Forest Program over 40 years".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 857(2023).