An overview of the “Three-North” Shelterbelt project in China

Li, Miaomiao; Liu, An-tian; Zou, Chunjing; Xu, Wenduo; Shimizu, Hideyuki; Wang, Kaiyun

doi:10.1007/s11632-012-0108-3

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“…1) (Yin and Yin, 2010). The 'Three North' Shelterbelt Development Program (TNSDP), which was initiated in 1978, is the largest afforestation program in the world (Li et al, 2012). Aimed at planting protective forests in arid and semi-arid areas, this program has been in place for more than three decades and will continue until 2050.…”

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Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

Zhang

Peng

et al. 2016

Ecological Indicators

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confidence: 99%

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

Zhang

Peng

et al. 2016

Ecological Indicators

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“…Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is considered to be an important, cost-effective way to achieve large-scale emission reductions [7,8]. Since the end of the 20th century, the central government of China has implemented a set of forest restoration projects, including the Grain for Green (GFG) Project, the Natural Forest Protection Project, and the Three North Shelterbelt Project [9,10]. The Loess Plateau, an ecotone with a prototypically fragmented landscape, was selected as a pilot region for the GFG project and has also been an important region of interest for other projects.…”

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Accuracy Assessment and Inter-Comparison of Eight Medium Resolution Forest Products on the Loess Plateau, China

Yang

Dong

Liu

et al. 2017

IJGI

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Abstract:Forests play an important role in maintaining ecosystem services, especially in ecologically fragile areas such as the Loess Plateau (LP) in China. However, there is still great uncertainty in the spatial extent and distribution of forests in such a fragmented region. In order to examine the advantages and disadvantages of existing forest mapping products, we conducted a thorough accuracy assessment on the eight recent, medium resolution (30-50 m) products by using the LP in 2010 as the region of interest. These mapping products include Landsat and/or PALSAR images, including the forest products from GlobeLand30, FROM-GLC, Hansen, ChinaCover, NLCD-China, GLCF VCF, OU-FDL, and JAXA. The same validation data were used to assess and rank the accuracy of each product. Additionally, the spatial consistency of the different forest products and their dependence on the terrain were analyzed. The results showed that the overall accuracies of the eight forest products on the LP in 2010 were between 0.93 ± 0.003 and 0.97 ± 0.002 with a 95% confidence interval, and GlobeLand30 presented the highest overall accuracy (0.97 ± 0.002). Among them, the PALSAR-based products (OU-FDL and JAXA) indicated relatively high accuracies, while the six Landsat-based products showed a large diversity in the accuracy. According to the eight products, the total estimated forest area of the LP varied from 7.627 ± 0.077 to 10.196 ± 0.1 million ha with a 95% confidence interval. We also found that the consistency in the spatial distribution of forests between these maps: (1) increased substantially with increasing elevation until 2000m, but then decreased at higher elevations, and (2) showed mild variation along increasing slope, but had a slight rate of increase. Our findings implied that future forest mapping studies should consider topographical attributes such as elevation and slope in their final products. Our results are fundamental in guiding future applications of these existing forest maps.

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“…more arid areas, and building up forest networks in croplands, on plains, and in oases (Li et al, 2012). Of course, other methods such as windbreaks, stubble mulching, contour-plowing, and notillage practices have also been incorporated into strategies used to combat desertification to reduce the amount of wind and water erosion (Hooke and Sandercock, 2012;McClure, 1998).…”

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Does the Green Great Wall effectively decrease dust storm intensity in China? A study based on NOAA NDVI and weather station data

Tan

2015

Land Use Policy

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a b s t r a c tChina launched its "Green Great Wall" (GGW) program in 1978. However, the effects of this program are subject to intense debate. This study compares changes in the vegetation index in regions where the GGW program has been implemented with those where it has not. Subsequently, a definition to measure dust storm intensity (DSI) was proposed that better calculates the intensity of dust events; it considers the frequency, visibility, and duration of dust events. The results show that in the GGW region, vegetation has greatly improved, while it varied dramatically outside the GGW region. In the mid-1980s, DSI decreased significantly, different from the changes in dust storm frequency in the study region. By discounting the effects of climatic change and human pressures, the results show that the GGW program greatly improved the vegetation index and effectively reduced DSI in northern China.

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An overview of the “Three-North” Shelterbelt project in China

Cited by 115 publications

References 15 publications

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

Accuracy Assessment and Inter-Comparison of Eight Medium Resolution Forest Products on the Loess Plateau, China

Does the Green Great Wall effectively decrease dust storm intensity in China? A study based on NOAA NDVI and weather station data

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