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Summary: In August of last year, the scientists Haiying Yu, Eike Luedeling, and Jianchu Xu published a paper in PNAS that argued that warmer winters in Tibet were — contrary to conventional thinking —actually delaying the Tibetan spring.

David Kroodsma: This Week in Climate Science: Iceberg Tsunamis, Economics of Geoengineering, Arctic Ecosystems David Kroodsma 2011

Summary: In August of last year, the scientists Haiying Yu, Eike Luedeling, and Jianchu Xu published a paper in PNAS that argued that warmer winters in Tibet were — contrary to conventional thinking —actually delaying the Tibetan spring.

David Kroodsma: This Week in Climate Science: Iceberg Tsunamis, Economics of Geoengineering, Arctic Ecosystems David Kroodsma 2011

Jianchu Xu, a professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany, and Jesse C. Ribot, a senior associate at the Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute in Washington, agree with Moseley that local autonomy is the best way to protect forest resources and that locals know best how to protect their environments.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

In ancient times, there were even elections for forest guardians, who risked being replaced if they were not “fair, straight, honest and moral” Xu Jianchu and Jesse Ribot, “Decentralisation and Accountability in Forest Management: A Case from Yunnan, Southwest China.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

Jianchu Xu, a professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany, and Jesse C. Ribot, a senior associate at the Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute in Washington, agree with Moseley that local autonomy is the best way to protect forest resources and that locals know best how to protect their environments.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

In ancient times, there were even elections for forest guardians, who risked being replaced if they were not “fair, straight, honest and moral” Xu Jianchu and Jesse Ribot, “Decentralisation and Accountability in Forest Management: A Case from Yunnan, Southwest China.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

We get the tree cover back, and, second, also, we do provide the needs of the local people for food, says Jianchu.

Trees are North Korea Latest Weapons Against Hunger, Floods 2010

Jianchu Xu, a professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany, and Jesse C. Ribot, a senior associate at the Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute in Washington, agree with Moseley that local autonomy is the best way to protect forest resources and that locals know best how to protect their environments.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

In ancient times, there were even elections for forest guardians, who risked being replaced if they were not “fair, straight, honest and moral” Xu Jianchu and Jesse Ribot, “Decentralisation and Accountability in Forest Management: A Case from Yunnan, Southwest China.”

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010