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Rubber cultivation and sustainable development in Xishuangbanna, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2001
SUMMARY Xishuangbanna in southwest China is a tropical and subtropical region with extraordinary traditional cultures and attractive landscapes. Rubber cultivation is a key production source undergoing rapid growth. It contributes substantially to improvement of the local economic situation and partially replaces traditional slash-and-burn agriculture ...
Zhao-Lu Wu, Hong-Mao Liu, Lin-Yun Liu
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Characteristics of germplasm resources in Coix from Xishuangbanna

China Journal of Chinese Matera Medica, 2010
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the genetic diversity among wild germplasm resources of Coix that distributed at altitude of 550-1550 m in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province by comparing the morphological variation, biological and economical factors. METHOD The field plot experiments were conducted to observation the germination rate, growth period. While the milled
Janming, Peng, Weiwei, Gao, Chaozhong, Peng, Chunnian, He, Qi, Zhang, Wu, Bi   +5 more
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Fog and People in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

2020
The Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, located in the extreme south of Yunnan Province (China), comprises 49 basins and is known as a region that experiences frequent foggy days. Different ethnic groups have long coexisted in this region, separated from one another by this fog.
Seiki Nomoto, Satoshi Yokoyama
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Transformation of Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, PRC

2000
The opening up of the land borders between China and the mainland Southeast Asian states has not only involved economic processes, but also social and cultural ones, such as shifts in ethnic composition along the border. In some cases it has seen the re-establishment of a previous status quo, such as the return of ethnic Chinese (Hoa) traders to the ...
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Historical Contingency and Commercialisation in Xishuangbanna, China

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 1998
This paper examines the driving forces of recent economic change in Xishuangbanna, a relatively developed ethnic minority prefecture in South West China. Its above‐average achievement in economic growth draws greatly on commercial farming, tourism and border trade.
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Tropical Forests of Xishuangbanna, China¹

Biotropica, 2006
ABSTRACTLowland tropical forests once covered a large fraction of tropical southern China, but currently have an extent of ca 633,800 ha, mostly in Xishuangbanna of southern Yunnan. The Xishuangbanna region has a typical monsoon climate with a mean annual temperature ranging between 15.1°C and 21.7°C, and precipitation between 1200 and 2500 mm.
Min Cao, Xiaoming Zou, Matthew Warren, Hua Zhu   +3 more
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Tourism and the Lue Language in Xishuangbanna

Asian Anthropology, 2008
(2008). Tourism and the Lue Language in Xishuangbanna. Asian Anthropology: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 79-98.
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[Spatial analysis on land use in Xishuangbanna].

Ying yong sheng tai xue bao = The journal of applied ecology, 2007
Based on remote image and GIS technology, this paper analyzed the relationships between land use system and natural topographic factors such as elevation, slope, and river system in Xishuangbanna. The results showed that the land use system in the study region was dominated by forestland, cropland and grassland.
Guobao, Song, Zhenghai, Li, Jixi, Gao, Haimei, Wang   +3 more
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Stegana (Steganina) xishuangbanna Chen & Chen, 2012, sp. nov.

2012
Published as part of Chen, Xi-Peng & Chen, Hong-Wei, 2012, Ten new species of the Stegana (Steganina) shirozui species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China, pp.
Chen, Xi-Peng, Chen, Hong-Wei
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A strategic study on biodiversity conservation in Xishuangbanna

Journal of Forestry Research, 2001
Xishuangbanna harbors valuable tropical rainforests with abundant biodiversity and it is acknowledged as a treasure house of wildlife. By describing the characteristics of its physical geography, the authors analyzed the habitat complex. The major vegetation types and rare wildlife were systematically studied to indicate the major elements and great ...
Pu Ying-shan, Zhang Zhi-yi
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