China's Combating Desertification: National Solutions and Global Paradigm

Authors

LU Qi, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Experimental Center of Desert Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Bayannur 015200, China
LEI Jiaqiang, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
LI Xiaosong, Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
YANG Youlin, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
WANG Feng, Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China

Keywords

prevention and control of sands; combating desertification; China's programme; global governance; future strategy

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Desertification, since initial recognition in 1927 and common definition in 1992, through its vicissitudes, is still one of the serious global environmental issues face the world and exists as the bottleneck of the development. Desertification threats the terrestrial ecological security and limits the sustainability of socio-economic development. In consideration of the impacts of desertification, an "Earth Cancer" and a persistent disease, the authors contribute four prescriptions of "good medicines" for the global initiatives to combat desertification, on the basic framework of Chinese strategies and experiences of "four horizontal beams and eight pillars", in line with the 15.3 goal of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); namely, development of Protocol of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and unification of Weights and Measures" (benchmarks and indicators) of the implementation and compliance of the UNCCD; setting up of global observation network to monitor the area change of dryland change; compilation of global natural desert (heritage) directory to leave behind landscape of aboriginal sand sea for future generations; initiation of "global governance action to combat desertification" to strive for achieving the target of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) at 2030.

First page

655

Last Page

664

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Qi, LU; Jiaqiang, LEI; Xiaosong, LI; Youlin, YANG; and Feng, WANG (2020) "China's Combating Desertification: National Solutions and Global Paradigm," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 35 : Iss. 6 , Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20200427002
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss6/1