China
全球生物多样性观点
2012年9月15日，全球数千名公众将参加这个“全球生物多样性观点”的活动。这个项目将在尽可能多的国家里让普通群众参与政策制定，提高他们的认识，以支撑我一个健康的有活力的星球。每个国家至少有100名公众将参加这个一整天的会议，学习生物多样性知识，形成自己的观点和态度，并表达其主张。这个活动将在太平洋的清晨揭幕，一直持续到美洲的黄昏才结束。不同国家的所有的会议将有一个共同的日程，应用同样的方法，使得结果具有可比性，对10月份齐聚印度的讨论生物多样性保护的政策制定者们有参考价值。
WWViews on Biodiversity
On Saturday September 15th 2012, thousands of people around the world will take part in a global event: “World Wide Views on Biodiversity”. The project will engage ordinary citizens in as many countries as possible in the process of policymaking and awareness raising to sustain a living and healthy planet. At least a hundred citizens in each participating country will attend day-long meetings to learn about biodiversity issues, make up their minds about them, and express their views. The meetings will start at dawn in the Pacific and continue until dusk in the Americas. All meetings will have the same agenda and use the same approach in order to make results comparable and useful for policymakers gathering the following month in India to discuss future policy measures for preserving biological diversity.
WWViews on Biodiversity in CHINA
The STATE KEY LABORATORY OF VEGETATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE is the national organiser of the WWViews day in CHINA.
STATE KEY LABORATORY OF VEGETATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
The State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) was developed from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)’ Open Laboratory for Vegetation Numerical Ecology, which was founded in November 1989. The lab entered the CAS’ key laboratory in 2002 and was renamed as the CAS’ Key Laboratory of Vegetation & Environmental Change in 2006. The lab was approved for construction as the state key laboratory in October, 2007.
The lab’s research areas are on vegetation and environmental change. Main research directions include the following five areas: multi-scale response of vegetation to environmental change, plant adaptive strategies to changing environments, mechanisms of biodiversity formation and conservation, control and optimization for vegetation structure and function, and vegetation pattern and dynamics.
At present, the lab conducts more than 150 projects including the National 973 Program for Basic Research and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Since October 2007, the lab’s scientists have published a total of 259 research papers, including 153 cited by the SCI. The lab has made a series of achievements including the following: establishment of a sampling belt for detecting global change on forest-grassland in northeast China; understanding the mechanism of ecological stability in north China’s ecotonal communities between pasturelands and farming areas and, in addition, introducing a model for their adaptive management; establishment of a forest biodiversity monitoring network and initial revelation of biodiversity change and maintenance mechanism in sub-tropical forest ecosystems; interpretation of plants adaptive countermeasures and mechanisms in response to surrounding changes in arid and semi-arid areas; and compilation of the national vegetation charts (1:1000000). The lab is in an important status in research of bio-diversity and global change ecology. It plays a leading role in research of Chinese vegetation and vegetation charts and pastureland ecology.
The Laboratory is composed of 14 research groups, 10 field ecological stations, and seven sub-disciplinary labs. There are three national field research stations: National Research Station for Xilingol Grassland Ecosystems, National Research Station for Ordos Grassland Ecosystems and National Field Station for Forest Ecosystem in Shennongjia.
At present, there are 91 researchers and staffs at the lab, including two CAS members, five winners of the National Funds for Outstanding Youngsters, and seven researchers within the CAS-hosted One Hundred Talent Program. The lab currently has 170 graduate students.
The lab has established communication and collaboration with universities and organizations in more than 20 countries including USA, Germany, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, France, Netherlands etc. Many of the field ecological stations have playing an important part in science research, science popularization and summer camping about ecology conservation and bio-diversity.
With the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the affiliated institution, the Institute of Botany of the CAS, the lab will continue to make progress in its own research direction. The lab will take active part in research frontiers at the international stage and will organize major scientific research projects. The goal of the lab is to make important contributions to the disciplines and produce competent research teams and world-renowned scholars. The lab is making every effort to develop into a top-ranking lab in the international community.
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change
WWViews Venue
The citizen consultation on international biodiversity politics in CHINA will take place on September 15th at THE INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES in BEIJING.
THE INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093
ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS
中国科学院生物多样性委员会
The Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Results from the WWViews meeting in China
Link to the results from China
Find more photos from the citizen meeting in China on Flickr
Recruitment strategy
How were potential participants found?
The notice of this WWViews event was put online at some internet forums. People got this information and registered with us. We also disseminated this news among friends to see if they can recommend persons who were eligible to participate.
How were the participants for the citizen meeting selected?
We chose participants by ages, area, ethnic minorities and took consideration of their education and occupation. We made a balanced list that could represent Chinese people all over China.
Information Material for Citizens
World Wide Views on Biodiversity – Information Material for Citizens – Chinese
World Wide Views on Biodiversity – Information Videos for the Citizens – Chinese / 中文
1. 引言, 2. 陆地上的生物多样性, 3. 海洋里的生物多样性, 4. 责任与惠益共享
World Wide Views on Biodiversity – Information Videos for the Citizens – English
1. Introduction to biodiversity, 2. Biodiversity on land, 3. Biodiversity in the sea, 4. Burden and Benefit Sharing