China's ecological rehabilitation: Unprecedented efforts, dramatic impacts, and requisite policies

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Ecological Economics

• Publication date

  2006-06-01

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2005.05.008
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