1. Zheng, H., X. Wang and S. Cao, 2014. The land finance model jeopardizes China's sustainable development. Habitat Int., 44: 130-130.
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2. Zheng, H. and S. Cao, 2014. Threats to China's Biodiversity by Contradictions Policy. Ambio 44: 23-33.
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3. Zhao, H., H. Zhang and S. Cao, 2014. Unexpected Results from China's Agricultural Subsidies Policy. Soc. Nat. Resour., 27: 451-457.
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4. Qu, J., S. Cao, G. Li, Q. Niu and Q. Feng, 2014. Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritages in Dunhuang China. Gondwana Res., 26: 1216-1221.
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5. Cao, S., Y. Lv, H. Zheng and X. Wang, 2014. Challenges facing China's unbalanced urbanization strategy. Land Use Policy, 39: 412-415.
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6. Cao, S., S. Li, H. Ma and Y. Sun, 2014. Escaping the resource curse in China Ambio 44: 1-6.
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7. Cao, S., H. Ma, W. Yuan and X. Wang, 2014. Interaction of ecological and social factors affects vegetation recovery in China Biol. Conserv., 180: 270-277.
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8. Zhong, B., S. Peng, Q. Zhang, H. Ma and S. Cao, 2013. Using an ecological economics approach to support the restoration of collapsing gullies in southern China. Land Use Policy, 32: 119-124.
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9. Zengwu, X., W. kun and C. Shixiong, 2013. Impact of Chinese herb planting on the local citizen�s livelihoods and environmental restoration. Grassland sci., 30: 1475-1481.
10. Zengwu, X., W. kun and C. Shixiong, 2013. The economic benefit and the ecological restoration effects to the local people though the development of deserticulture in Ningxia. Grassland sci., 30: 478-483.
11. Cheng, G., L. Chunyi, Z. Tingning and C. Shixiong, 2013. Application of near-natural green way in environmental conservation during the construction of roads, Taking Shenye Rosd of China� Hubei Province for example. Source Environ. Yangzi River, 22: 777-782.
12. Cheng, B., Y. Lv, Y. Zhan, D. Su and S. Cao, 2013. Constructing China's Roads as Works of Art: a case study of �esthetic greenway� construction in the Shennongjia region of China. Land Degrad. Dev., 26: 324-330.
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13. Chen, Li. and S. Cao, 2013. Lack of Integrated Solutions Hinders Environmental Recovery in China. Ecol. Eng., 54: 233-235.
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14. Gong, C., C. Xu, L. Chen and S. Cao, 2012. Cost-effective Compensation Payments: a Model Based on Buying Green Cover to Sustain Ecological Restoration. For. Policy Econ., 14: 143-147.
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15. Changhai, W., C. Shixiong， W. Yali, L. Qiang, S. Kaichuang and H. Chongde, 2012. A Cost-Benefit Study in Qinling Mountains Nature Reserve Group：Forecast of Cost and Benefit. Resour. Sci., 34: 1362-1368.
16. Cao, S., 2012. Why China's Approach to Institutional Change has Begun to Succeed. Econ. Modell., 29: 679-683.
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17. Cao, S., 2012. Socioeconomic Value of Religion and Ideological Changing in China. Econ. Model., 29: 2621-2626.
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18. Cao, S., 2012. Impacts of China�s Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Program on Society and the Environment. China Popul. Resour. Environ., 22: 49-56.
19. Cao, S. and Q. Feng, 2012. Asian Medicine: Exploitation of Plants. Sci., 335: 1168-1169.
20. Zheng, H., R. Li and S. Cao, 2011. Comment on �Chromium Contamination Accident in China: Viewing Environment Policy of China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 9822-9822.
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21. Zheng, H. and S. Cao, 2011. The Challenge to Sustainable Development in China Revealed by �Death Villages�. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 9833-9834.
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22. Xu, C., H. Ye and S. Cao, 2011. Constructing China�s Greenways Naturally. Ecol. Eng., 37: 401-406.
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23. Wang, Y. and S. Cao, 2011. Carbon Sequestration may have Negative Impacts on Ecosystem Health. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 1759-1760.
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24. Guan, L., G. Sun and S.Cao, 2011. China's Bureaucracy Hinders Environmental Recovery. Ambio, 40: 96-99.
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25. Gao, Y., B. Zhong, H. Yue, B. Wu and S. Cao, 2011. A degradation threshold for irreversible soil productivity loss in southeastern China: results of a long-term case study in Changting County. J. Appli. Ecol., 48: 1145-1154.
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26. Cao, S., L. Chen, D. Shankman, C. Wang, X. Wang and H. Zhang, 2011. Excessive Reliance on Afforestation in China�s Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Lessons in Ecological Restoration. Earth Sci. Rev., 104: 240-240.
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27. Cao, S., G. Sun, Z. Zhang, L. Chen, Q. Feng et al., 2011. Greening China Naturally. Ambio, 40: 828-831.
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28. Cao, S., 2011. Impact of China�s large-scale ecological restoration program on the environment and society: achievements, problems, synthesis, and applications. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol., 41: 317-335.
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29. Cao, S., X. Wang, Y. Song, L. Chen and Q. Feng, 2010. Impact of the Natural Forest Conservation Program on the livelihood of local residents in northwestern China. Ecol. Econ., 69: 1454-1462.
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30. Cao, S., T. Tian, L. Chen, X. Dong, X. Yu and G. Wang, 2010. Damage Caused to the Environment by Refforestation policy in Arid and Semi-arid Areas of China. Ambio, 39: 279-283.
31. Cao, S., T. Tian, F. Qi, L. Ma and G. Wang, 2010. An Investigation of Women�s Attitudes Towards Fertility and China�s Family Planning Policy. J. Biosocial Sci., 42: 359-375.
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32. Cao, S., L. Chen and Q. Zhu, 2010. Remembering the ultimate goal of environmental protection: including protection of impoverished citizens in China's environmental policy. Ambio, 39: 439-442.
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33. Cao, S., H. Ye and Y. Zhan, 2010. Cliff Roads: An Ecological Conservation Technique for Road Construction along Cliffs in China. Landscape Urban Plann., 94: 228-233.
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34. Cao, S., G. Wang and L. Chen, 2010. Questionable value of planting thirsty trees in dry regions. Nat., 465: 31-31.
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35. Cao, S., G. Wang and L. Chen, 2010. Assessing effects of afforestation projects in China: Cao and colleagues reply. Nat., 466: 315-315.
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36. Cao, S., C. Xu, H. Ye, Y. Zhan and C. Gong, 2010. The use of air bricks for planting roadside vegetation: A new technique to improve landscaping of steep roadsides in China`s Hubei province. Ecol. Eng., 36: 697-702.
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37. Cao, S., 2010. Socioeconomic Road in Ecological Restoration in China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 44: 5328-5329.
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38. Cao, S. and X. Wang, 2010. Unsustainably low Birth Rates: a Potential Crisis Leading to Loss of Racial and Cultural Diversity in China. J. Policy Modell., 32: 159-162.
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39. Cao, S., X. Wang and G. Wang, 2009. Lessons learned from China's fall into the poverty trap. J. Policy Modell., 31: 298-307.
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40. Cao, S., L. Chen and Z. Liu, 2009. An investigation of Chinese attitudes towards the environment: Case studies using the grain for the green project. AMBIO: J. Hum. Environ., 38: 55-64.
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41. Cao, S., L. Chen and X. Yu, 2009. Impact of China's Grain for Green Project on the landscape of vulnerable arid and semiarid agricultural regions: a case study in northern Shaanxi Province. J. Appli. Ecol., 46: 536-543.
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42. Cao, S., C. Xu, L. Chen and X. Wang, 2009. Attitudes of farmers in China�s northern Shaanxi Province towards the land-use changes required under the Grain for Green Project, and implications for the program's success. Land Use Policy, 26: 1182-1194.
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43. Cao, S., C. Li, G. Lixin and W. Guosheng, 2009. An Investigation of Student�s Mentation in Agro-forestry in China. China For. Edu., 27: 32-35.
44. Cao, S., C. Li and Y. Xinxiao, 2009. Impact of Grain for Green Project on the livelihood of farmers in Northern Shaanxi Province, China Chin. J. Appli. Ecol., 20: 426-434.
45. Cao, S., B. Zhong, H. Yue, H. Zeng and J. Zeng, 2009. Development and Testing of a Sustainable Environmental Restoration Policy on Eradicating the Poverty Trap in China�s Changting County. PNAS, 106: 10712-10716.
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46. Cao, S. and X. Wang, 2009. Dealing with China's future population decline: a proposal for replacing low birth rates with sustainable rates. J. Biosocial Sci., 41: 693-696.
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47. Cao, S., L. Chen, Z. Liu and G. Wang, 2008. A new tree-planting technique to improve tree survival and growth on steep and arid land in the Loess Plateau of China. J. Arid Environ., 72: 1374-1382.
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48. Cao, S., C. Jun, C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2008. Investigation of Chinese environmental attitudes Acta Ecol. Sin., 28: 735-741.
49. Cao, S., 2008. Why large-scale afforestation efforts in China have failed to solve the desertification problem. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42: 1826-1831.
50. Cao, S., 2008. Impact of Spatial and Temporal Scales on Afforestation Effects: Response to Comment on �Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed to Solve the Desertification Problem�. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42: 7724-7725.
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51. Cao, S., 2008. Historical evaluation of relationship between nature and society: historical changes of ecological policy and the environment in China�s Loess Plateau. Agric. Archaeology, 95: 21-28.
52. Cao, S., 2008. A response to comment on �Why large-scale afforestation efforts in China have failed to solve the desertification problem�. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42: 8166-8166.
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53. Cao, S., L. Chen, Z. Liu and C. Xu, 2007. Impact of three soil types on afforestation in China's Loess Plateau: Growth and survival of six tree species and their effects on soil properties. Landscape Urban Plann., 83: 208-217.
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54. Cao, S., L. Chen, Q. Feng and Z. Liu, 2007. Soft-riser bench terrace design for the hilly loess region of Shaanxi Province, China. Landscape and Urban Plann., 80: 184-191.
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55. Cao, S., L. Chen and Z. Liu, 2007. Disharmony between society and environmental carrying capacity: a historical review, with an emphasis on China. Ambio, 36: 409-415.
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56. Cao, S., C. Jun, C. Li, G. Wangsheng and Y. Hongwei, 2007. Investigation and analysis of Chinese environmental conservation desires. Chin. J. Appli. Ecol., 18: 2104-2110.
57. Cao, S., C. Jun, C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2007. Impact of Grain for Green Project on nature and society in North Shaanxi of China. Sci. Agric. Sinica, 40: 972-979.
58. Cao, S., L. Chen and W. Gao, 2006. Growth characteristics and anti-trample capacity of planting grass on terrene road in the loess hilly-gully region. J. Agric. Eng., 22: 69-72.
59. Cao, S., L. Chen and W. Gao, 2006. Effect of planting grass on rural roads on soil and water conservation in the loess hilly-gully region and benefit-cost analysis. J. Agric. Eng., 22: 73-76.
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60. Cao, S., C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2006. Ecological policy and the methods of evaluation. Chin. J. Ecol., 25: 2535-2539.
61. Cao, S., 2006. The effect of the Huanghe Valley civilization on the natural environment: the connotation of Yan-Huang and the naissance of Chinese civilization. Agri. Archaeology, 93: 1-7.
62. Cao, C.S., L. Chen, W. Gao, Y. Chena and M. Yan, 2006. Impact of planting grass on terrene roads to avoid soil erosion. Landscape Urban Plan., 78: 205-216.
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63. Cao, S., X. Chenguang and Z. Yuqing, 2005. Impact of grass planting on the physical and chemical characteristics of a road�s soil in loess hilly-gully region. Soil and Water Conserv. China, 4: 28-30.
64. Cao, S., Q. Leng, L. Chen, Y. Chen and W. Gao, 2005. Effects of cave padded plastic film afforestation technique in Loess hilly-gully regions. J. Beijing For., 27: 1-5.
65. Cao, S., L. De, C. Li, Z. Huiru and G. Wangsheng, 2005. Observation and analysis on physical properties in different types of soil under artificial forests in Loess Hilly-gully Region. Bull. Soil Water Conserv., 25: 61-64.
66. Cao, S., D. Suifang, C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2005. Planting grass on soft ridges of fields and the effect of soil physical and chemical properties in the loess hilly-gully region. J. Arid Land Resour. Environ., 19: 133-136.
67. Cao, S., C. Li, G. Wangsheng and Y. Shiqi, 2005. Effects of planting trees on soft-ridged bench terraces in loess hilly-gully regions. Commun. High Tech., 14: 413-417.
68. Cao, S., C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2005. Sylvicultural technique in three types of soil of the Loess Plateau in the hilly-gully region Chin. J. Ecol., Chin. J. Ecol.,: 1543-1548.
69. Cao, S., C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2005. Soft-riser bench terrace design for the hilly loess region. Chin. J. Appli. Ecol., 16: 1443-1449.
70. Cao, S., C. Li and G. Wangsheng, 2005. Planting grass on rural roads in the loess hilly-gully region. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 25: 1754-1763.