The forest ecology groups of SU (Prof. Zeng Zongyong, Zhao Delong, Wang Changhe, Liao Juan, Zeng Ting, Yuan Yaowu, Zhang Yongjiang, and Wang Xin) and UW (Prof. Tom Hinckley, Phil Chi, Victoria Poling, Diane Tsao, Marie Tsiang, Chris Wentz, and Tom Worker-Braddock) are doing quatitative measurements of local forest cover and forest growth, while Diane Tsao, with the help of Ma Vihly and Ma Fagen, measures patterns of wood consumption. Together they try to answer the question of whether current levels of usage are sustainable.

The results of our research so far are summarized in Philip Chi's undergraduate thesis, Human Disturbance and Biomass Growth in Upper Baiwu Pine Forests, available here as a .pdf file

	The main method for forest assessment is counting, measuring and determining the ages of trees and undergrowth on 10x10 or 20x20 meter plots. Here professor Tom Hinckley points out patterns of ring growth on a recently felled tree to Joanne Ho, Chris Wentz, and Zhao Delong
Being out all day plotting develops outdoor skills as well as scientific skills. Professor Zeng Zongyong, Phil Chi, and Yuan Yaowu roast spuds (yieyo) at their midday break between plots. RESEARCH IN YANGJUAN/PIANSHUI YANGJUAN PRIMARY SCHOOL YANGJUAN HOME PAGE