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Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits

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  • Xiaoming Feng

    (State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Bojie Fu

    (State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Shilong Piao

    (College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
    Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Shuai Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE), CEA CNRS UVSQ)

  • Zhenzhong Zeng

    (College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University)

  • Yihe Lü

    (State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Joint Center for Global Change Studies)

  • Yuan Zeng

    (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yue Li

    (College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University)

  • Xiaohui Jiang

    (Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, YRCC)

  • Bingfang Wu

    (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

China’s ‘Grain for Green’ revegetation programme has potential to help mitigate climate change. However, the increased water demand in the Loess Plateau is approaching a level that will impact on water availability to meet human demand.

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  • Xiaoming Feng & Bojie Fu & Shilong Piao & Shuai Wang & Philippe Ciais & Zhenzhong Zeng & Yihe Lü & Yuan Zeng & Yue Li & Xiaohui Jiang & Bingfang Wu, 2016. "Revegetation in China’s Loess Plateau is approaching sustainable water resource limits," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(11), pages 1019-1022, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:11:d:10.1038_nclimate3092
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3092
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