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SUMMARY:Can Eco-compensation Restore Natural Forest in Xishuangbanna\, Chi
 na? - Yi Zhuangfang\, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
DTSTART:20100422T120000Z
DTEND:20100422T130000Z
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CONTACT:Jonathan Green
DESCRIPTION:Zhuangfang has spent a month with the conservation science gro
 up working on her PhD. She will present some results from her time here:\n
 \n"The shift in landuse from natural forest to rubber plantations in Xishu
 angbanna\, China has been dramatic over the last thirty years and little n
 atural forest remains. Two spatially-explicit maps of the net present valu
 e (NPV) of rubber plantations and forest ecosystem service value (ESV) wer
 e obtained using twenty years of government rubber yield records\, economi
 c modeling\, remote sensing and geographical information syatem analysis. 
 Using the maps of rubber NPV and forest ESV\, I identified regions that ar
 e practical targets for forest recovery and assess the effectiveness of di
 fferent eco-compensation schemes in each location to support decision make
 rs in landuse planning."
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology \, Downing Street
 \, CB2 3EJ
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