Sustainable Land Management: an efficient tool to combat desertification in China

Abstract

China is the third largest country in the world with large population and scared arable land, where arid semi-aridand dry sub-humid regions enclosed 2,976,000km2. In Northern China extreme arid areas covers 697,000km2.The total land figure of 2,080,000km2 has decertified land, which uncompressed over 30 percent of the total landterritory through adversely effected 400 million peoples. China has 22% of the world population have only 6.4percent of global land area, hence sustainable land management is perilous for the country long term agricultureeconomy, however while some states enjoyed continued high level of productivity, others remain feelingssensible to split deprivation. Over 40% of the country is adversely effected. Yet many dry land developingcountries, the maximum land is cruelly caused through land degradation. The desertification is mostly because ofthe observation unsustainable land management. The condition of additional serious about the shortage of water,regular deficiency, ostentatious flood, and the impact on climate change. The resulting to influence ofdevelopment in deserts, Decrease land productivity and accordingly increase hip desertification andintensification in rural poverty. There are strategies recognized, economic and socioeconomic issues whichconsequence harmfully to sustainable management of land in China..Key words; Desertification, Land Management, Sustainable drought, water management