News----South China Botanical Carden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009-11-11

Updates Made on the Responses of Invasive Mikania Micrantha and Chromolaena Odorata to Contrasting Growth Irradiance and Soil Moisture

Mikania. 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...

2009-10-31

BGCI China Project Workshop on Magnolia longipedunculata Held in Nankunshan Nature Reserve

Sponsored 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 ...

2009-10-29

New Advances Made on Emergy Network Analysis and Modeling

Under 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 ...

2009-10-28

Progress Made on Emergy Evaluation of Estuary Wetland Ecological Economic Systems

Recently, 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...

2009-10-24

HUANG Hongwen attends Celebration of Kew's 250th Anniversary and Gives a Keynote Address

On 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...

2009-10-22

Sara Oldfield Sends Congratulatory Letter for SCBG's 80th Anniversary Celebration

On October 21, Ms. Sara Oldfield, the Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) sent a congratulatory letter to Prof. HUANG Hongwen, the director of South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), CAS to warmly celebrate SCBG's 80th anniversary.
　　In this letter, she first expresses her enthusiastic congratulation to Huang an...

2009-10-21

Delegation from Australia Visits SCBG

On October 12, a scientific delegation from Australia, led by Dr. Kurt Lambeck, the president of Australian Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Peter Laver, vice president of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, visited South China Botanical Garden (SCBG), the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
　　Deputy directors of SCBG REN Ha...

2009-09-22

International Botanical Expert Delegation Visits SCBG

On September 16, twelve botanists, from Britain, France, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries, visited South China Botanical Garden (SCBG). The expert delegation was invited by the Field of Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of SCBG, and was warmly welcomed by Professor HUANG Hongwen, director of S...