Soil erosion and indigenous land management: some socio-economic considerations

Land use and soil erosion in the upper r

Land use and soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River: some socio-economic considerations on China's Grain-for-Green Programme

✍ H. L. Long; G. K. Heilig; J. Wang; X. B. Li; M. Luo; X. Q. Wu; M. Zhang 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 886 KB

## Abstract Soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China is a major concern and the Central Government has initiated the Grain‐for‐Green Programme to convert farmland to forests and grassland to improve the environment. This paper analyses the relationship between land use and so