Economic development,land use and biodiversity change in the tropical mountains of Xishuangbanna,Yunnan, Southwest China |
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| Institution: | 1. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan 666303, China;2. Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA;1. State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;2. Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China;1. Researcher in Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, Tartu, 51014, Estonia;2. Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia;1. School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, China;2. Centre for Public Economy and Public Policy Research, Chongqing University, China;3. School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, China |
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| Abstract: | The Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, located in southwestern China is an area of great biological and cultural diversity. While the region has long been a dynamic one, the past 50 years have witnessed changes in the state of the biodiversity of Xishuangbanna at an unprecedented pace and scale. Due to a number of trends including demographic growth, as well as abrupt shifts in land use and economic policies, agricultural patterns have changed substantially. These shifts have resulted not only in a decline and fragmentation of forest areas, but also in changes in the practice of swidden-fallow agriculture. This paper employs a variety of published data, combined with original information derived from field research in Xishuangbanna villages, to draw attention to these trends and discuss their implications for biodiversity, including agricultural biodiversity. |
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