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Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
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Focus on: Land use and ecosystem interactions.

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January 29, 2020

Call for Nominations for GLP Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) Members to start June 2020

GLP is currently seeking to nominate two to three new members for our international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), starting June 1, 2020. The activities of GLP are initiated, stimulated and overseen by the SSC, and the continuing success of GLP relies on the input of the SSC. In seeking nominations, we are looking for scientific excellence and a high level of commitment to actualizing GLP goals and activities. Deadline for nominations is 15 March 2020.

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February 19, 2019

Changes in global cropland area and cereal production: An inter-country comparison

GLP Member Qiangyi Yu recently had research published in Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment.

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April 19, 2018

Little cropland area loss associating greater fragmentation has been observed in China between 2000 and 2010

In a new paper GLP Member Dr. Qiangyi Yu and colleagues, combined the number of cropland patches with the total cropland area for a more comprehensive characterization of cropland change in China based on GlobeLand30.

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GLP News

February 13, 2018

Call for Abstracts: 2nd International Conference on Mountain Futures

The Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies (CMES), together with the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) would like to invite contributions for the 2nd International Conference on Mountain Futures, with a focus on “Ecosystem Rhythms, Land Systems, and Sustainable Livelihoods”.

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