In order to enhance exchanges and cooperation with international colleagues, a 15-person delegation of the Japan Forest Management and Research Network came to Yunnan to have academic exchanges and field investigations at the invitation of the Ecological Society of Yunnan Province. A seminar named “Forest Vegetations and Ecological Environments of Japan and Yunnan” was opened on August 7 at XTBG Kunming division.
On behalf of Yunnan Ecological Society, Prof. Chen Jin, chairman of the Society, delivered a welcoming speech. He said that “As a branch of the biology that studies relationship between living organisms and the non-living components of the environment in which they live, ecology is important theoretical basis for natural preservation and ecological protection. Forest ecology plays a significant role in forest conservation, restoration of forest vegetations and global ecological environment.” Although good progress has been made in the studies in forest ecology both in Japan and Yunnan in the past years, more cooperation and exchanges are recommended between the two sides.
Advisor of the Japan Forest Management and Research Network, on behalf of the delegation, expressed their gratitude to their Yunnan counterpart for their warm reception. Regarding their field investigations in Yunnan, the delegation witnessed different forest vegetations from south to north. They said that Yunnan is a typical region for subtropical forest vegetation, the evergreen broadleaved forest are popular in both Japan and Yunnan. Both sides shoulder the responsibility of reasonably conserving and utilizing the forest resources.
The seminar covered the topics like the characteristics of forest communities, changes of vegetations, vegetation restoration, studies in forest ecology, preservation of forest ecosystem, the relationship between forest communities and local residents, etc.
With oral presentations by 10 scholars of the two sides and discussions among the participating scholars, the seminar complete successfully.
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