Dr. Xu Jianchu

On February 24, 2004, the UW-Madison Center for East Asian Studies sponsored a special guest lecture titled “Strengthening Indigenous Knowledge for Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihood Development and Social Changes in the Mountains of Southwest China.”

Dr. Xu's Powerpoint presentations are available:

• Strengthening Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Livelihoods, Resource and Social Change
  
• Reward to the Upland Poor for Environmental Service, Food Security and/or Environmental Sustainability?: Case of Sloped Upland Conversion Program (SLCP) in China

Dr. Xu is Professor/Deputy Head, Department of Plant Geography & Ethnobotany at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, and the Executive Director, Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge. His extensive C.V. is found here.

The lecture was co-sponsored by the Institute for Environmental Studies and International Agricultural Programs.

Center for East Asian Studies at UW-Madison
phone: 608-262-3643
email: eas@intl-institute.wisc.edu
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