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This study was supported by the Open Projects Foundation of Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Combat of Ministry of Education (201001). We thank Geoffrey Hart in Montréal, Canada, for his help in writing this article.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Combat, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Lixin Guan & Shixiong Cao

  2. Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA

    Ge Sun

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Guan, L., Sun, G. & Cao, S. China’s Bureaucracy Hinders Environmental Recovery. AMBIO 40, 96–99 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0112-6

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