Author contributions
F. Chan and P. Li conceived the idea and designed the research, P. Li,
Y. Zang and F. Chan produced figures and tables, completed the
literature analyses and the draft of the article. P. Li, F. Chan and J.
Wang refined the manuscript and checked the figures and tables.
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Table 1 Desertification situation in different BRI countries
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