Has China’s Natural Forest Protection Program Protected Forests?—Heilongjiang’s Experience

Since the late 1990s, China has been implementing one of the largest ecological restoration initiatives in not only the country but also the world—the Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP). An overarching question is how severe the regional deforestation had become before the NFPP was initiated a...

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Main Authors: Miaoying Shi, Jiaguo Qi, Runsheng Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/10/218