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 · 767 citations

Ecological Restoration, Engineering, Desertification +9

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

Shixiong Cao · Environmental Science & Technology · 2008 · 444 citations

Large-scale Afforestation Efforts, Engineering, Land Use +27

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 · 244 citations

Appropriate Payment, Engineering, Semiarid Areas +20

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 · 205 citations · Full text

Sustainable Environmental Management, Poverty Trap, Engineering +16

What Has Caused Desertification in China?

Qi Feng, Hua Ma, Xuemei Jiang et al. · Scientific Reports · 2015 · 187 citations · Full text