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FOREST RESOURCES WANAGEMENT ›› 2023›› Issue (1): 1-7.doi: 10.13466/j.cnki.lyzygl.2023.01.001

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Key Data Results and Trend Analysis of the Sixth National Survey on Desertification and Sandification

ZAN Guosheng1(), WANG Cuiping2, LI Feng1, LIU Zheng3, SUN Tao1()   

  1. 1. Academy of Forestry Inventory and Planning,National Forestry and Grassland Administration,Beijing 100714,China
    2. Northwest China Research and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration,Xi'an 710048,China
    3. Shandong Territorial Spatial Planning Institute,Jinan 250014,China
  • Received:2023-01-04 Revised:2023-01-07 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-05-05

Abstract:

The Sixth National Survey on Desertification and Sandification was based on the results of the Third National Land Survey,using 2019 as the benchmark year.The results showed a comprehensive status of desertification and sandification in China.This paper presented a brief overview of this survey,the status and dynamic changes of desertification and sandification in China,conducted a comprehensive analysis of the current situation,and proposed some suggestions for combating desertification and sandification.The survey results showed that,until 2019,the desertification land area in China was 257.371 3 million hm2 and the sandification land area was 168.782 3 million hm2.Compared with 2014,the desertification area of China decreased by 3.788 0 million hm2 with an average annual decrease of 757.6 thousand hm2.The sandification area of China decreased by 3.335 2 million hm2 with an average annual net reduction of 667 thousand hm2.

Key words: desertification, sandification, status, dynamic changes

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