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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought
… using an inter-annual vegetation index as an indicator of biomass production decline or increase found that land … and land cover types. Anthropogenic declines in biomass productivity were found on 25% of croplands and … vegetation. The study also identified improvement of biomass productivity on 2.7% of the global land mass (Le et …
Law, Policy and Dryland Ecosystems in the People's Republic of China
… devoid of vegetation suitable for natural fuel so woody biomass harvesting is prevalent as the main form of fuel. … a sharp decline in the vegetation cover ratio have reduced biomass accumulation and firewood resources. Cutting of … desert shrub by farmers for firewood has further destroyed biomass and worsened the LD. 97 The rate of increase of air …