Establishment and maintenance of regulating ecosystem services in a dryland area of central Asia, illustrated using the Kökyar Protection Forest, Aksu, NW China, as an example
The city of Aksu, situated at the northern fringe of the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China, is exposed to severe periodic dust and sand storms. In 1986, local authorities decided to establish a peri-urban shelterbelt plantation, the so-called Kökyar Protection Forest, with the aim of reducing dus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Earth System Dynamics |
| Online Access: | http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/6/359/2015/esd-6-359-2015.pdf |