China’s three north shelter forest program: cost–benefit analysis and policy implications

• Published in: Environment, development and sustainability Vol. 23; no. 10; pp. 14605 - 14618
• Main Authors: Suo, Xinhao, Cao, Shixiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accounting; Afforestation; Aridity; China; Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Earth and Environmental Science; ecological restoration; Ecology; Economic Geology; Economic Growth; Environment; Environmental Economics; Environmental Management; Environmental restoration; forests; Fruit trees; issues and policy; Local conditions; Opportunity costs; Plantations; Restoration; Shelters; Soil erosion; Sustainable Development; China; Ecological restoration; Net benefits; Land degradation; Value of ecosystem services; Cost–benefit analysis

Sandstorms and soil erosion are serious problems around the world, but particularly in arid northern China. In response to these problems, the Chinese government has implemented the world's largest shelter forest construction project: the Three North Shelter Forest Program (TNSFP). However, we...