Restoration of degraded ecosystem and agroforestry in tropics and subtropics

Abstract

Abstract: The tropics and subtropics in China are the regions most seriously stressed by human population and environment.The destruction of natural ecosystems and the increasing area of degraded ecosystems are the key factors limiting the development of agriculture.A long-term study on restoration ecology shows that integrated management has a great ecological, economic and social effect on the restoration and reconstruction of degraded ecosystems.The forest-fruit-herbage-grazing-fish complex ecosystem stemmed from the practice of restoration and reconstruction of degraded ecosystems is an agroforestry model with high yield, high quality and high efficiency in hilly areas, and an efficient approach to enhance the development of local agricultural economy.

Key words: Tropics and subtropics, Restoration of degraded ecosystem, Agriculture, Agroforestry, land use type, soil moisture, deep soil, Loess Plateau

Peng Shaolin . Restoration of degraded ecosystem and agroforestry in tropics and subtropics[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 1998, 9(6): 587-591.

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