After the devastating dust storms that swept across Northern China in 2000, there was much interest in
examining and analyzing experiences with dust storm mitigation, prevention, forecasting and control. There
was a need to document the nature, extent, causal factors associated with the severe sand and dust storms
experienced in China itself and which threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions of people.
The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Secretariat of
the China National Committee for Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(CCICCD) commissioned this monograph. A group of Chinese and international experts with experience in the
field of dryland rehabilitation and ecological restoration of desertified lands, working at the global and local
level, prepared the articles in this book.
Due to the size of the PDF-version of the document it has been split up into its different parts, which can be downloaded through the links below. A single file version of the document can be downloaded through this link: (english)(chinese)
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