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2009-11-283rd Cross-Strait Forest Dynamic Plot Symposium Held in DinghushanThe 3rd cross-strait forest dynamic plot symposium was held in Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve from 19th to 21st November, 2009. This symposium was co-organized by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 55 delegates from 13 research academies, institutes and univers...Read More
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2009-11-27SCBG Cnducts International Strategic Review and Designs for the Future DevelopmentOn November 19-20, a strategic review team composed of 11 international botanic garden professionals convened in Guangzhou, China to assess the recent progress of the South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) and to evaluate the a draft ten-year strategic plan for the institution. The 11 international botanic garden experts are Dr. Peter H. Raven (Dir...Read More
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2009-11-2423rd New Phytologist Symposium: Carbon Cycling in Tropical Ecosystems Held in Guangzhou23rd New Phytologist Symposium: Carbon cycling in tropical ecosystems was held in Guangzhou from 17th to 20th November, 2009. This symposium was co-organized by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, New Phytologist Trust, and Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology. Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS,...Read More
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2009-11-11Updates Made on the Responses of Invasive Mikania Micrantha and Chromolaena Odorata to Contrasting Growth Irradiance and Soil MoistureMikania. micrantha (Kunth), a perennial herbaceous weed vine, and Chromolaena. odorata (L.), a perennial herbaceous shrub, are two most notorious invasive weeds in southern China. Due to their high competitiveness, with ability to spread and establish rapidly, both species have invaded a wide range of areas in southern China since the late 1980s...Read More
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2009-10-31BGCI China Project Workshop on Magnolia longipedunculata Held in Nankunshan Nature ReserveSponsored by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), and organized by South China Botanical Garden (SCBG) of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wild Fauna and Flora Protection Administration Office of Guangdong Province and Nature Reserve Administration Office of Guangdong Province, “BGCI China Project Workshop on the Conservation Biology ...Read More
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2009-10-29New Advances Made on Emergy Network Analysis and ModelingUnder human high-intensity activities and the rapidly changing global environment, ecosystem change has become one of the core issues about global environment and ecological sciences in the 21st century. Aspects of ecological economic problems include resources, environment, human society, economic activities, etc., and how to integrate special ...Read More
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2009-10-28Progress Made on Emergy Evaluation of Estuary Wetland Ecological Economic SystemsRecently, researchers from the Vegetation and Landscape Ecology Research Group of the South China Botanical garden (SCBG), CAS and Atlantic Ecological Division (AED), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have jointly done an integrated emergy- economics study on Spartina marsh, aquacultural and agricultural land use patterns in estuary areas. Th...Read More
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2009-10-24HUANG Hongwen attends Celebration of Kew's 250th Anniversary and Gives a Keynote AddressOn October 12-16, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's 250th anniversary celebration was held at the Wakehurst Place, London. There were over 200 people from all over the world, including directors of many botanical gardens and research institutions, well-known botanists, officials and representatives of civil society organizations, attended this ce...Read More