Shixiong Cao

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration

Shixiong Cao, Li Chen, David Shankman et al. · Earth-Science Reviews · 2010 · 799 citations

Natural Resources, Environmental Management, Forestry +16

Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem

Shixiong Cao · Environmental Science & Technology · 2008 · 450 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences +12

Impact of China's Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Program on the Environment and Society in Arid and Semiarid Areas of China: Achievements, Problems, Synthesis, and Applications

Shixiong Cao · Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology · 2011 · 251 citations

Management, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy +17

Development and testing of a sustainable environmental restoration policy on eradicating the poverty trap in China's Changting County

Shixiong Cao, Binglin Zhong, Hui Yue et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 209 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy +17

Unintended consequences of combating desertification in China

Xunming Wang, Quansheng Ge, Xin Geng et al. · Nature Communications · 2023 · 195 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Policy +15