China’s response to a national land-system sustainability emergency

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 559
Issue: 7713
Pages: 193-204
Citations: 1267
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                                    Brett A. Bryan, 
                                
                                    Lei Gao, 
                                
                                    Yanqiong Ye
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            China’s response to a national land-system sustainability emergency. 
                            Nature
                            , 559
                            (7713)
                            , 193-204.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0280-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0280-2