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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH ›› 1997, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 185-188.

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LAND DESERTIFICATION IN QINGHAI HIGH COLD REGION AND ITS CONTROL

Yang Hongwen1, Zhang Dengshan1, Zhang Yongxiu2   

  1. 1. Shazhuyu Sand Control Experimental Station in Qinghai Province, Hainan Prefecture 813005;
    2. Institute of Forestry, Qinghai Agriculture and Forestry Academy, Xining 810016
  • Received:1996-01-17 Revised:1996-10-11 Online:1997-06-20 Published:1997-06-20

Abstract: Qinghai is one of the seriously desertified regions in China.The intensified land desertification resulted from natural and mankind factors has been harming the peoples' life and production and national economy since 1950's.Both the general survey data for 4 times over provincial desertified land and the studing results on 3 main desertified areas-Qaidam,Gonghe and Qinghai Lake Basins,proved that the average increase of desertified land in Qinghai high cold region was 13.4×104 hm2 and the increasing ratio was 2.2%.Against the serious environmental problem,the accesses of desertification control were discussed in the paper.

Key words: High cold region, Desertification, Control measures

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