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The magazine, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, has a full issue devoted to China's environmental challenges and solutions for anyone interested. All the files are in pdf. The following is from Newswise:

As the lead guest editorialists Drs. Jingyun Fang and Chia Kiang (both of Peking University) note, "China's extraordinary rate of economic development makes it a historically unique, grand-scale socioeconomic and ecological "experiment," and one that will have an unprecedented impact on the world as a whole.

The journal's research communications examine the ecological consequences of the rapid urban expansion of Shanghai as well as the state of biodiversity in China's mountains. Focusing on major cities such as Shanghai, Shuqing Zhao (Peking University) and colleagues discuss the major challenges faced by Chinese policy makers in managing the tradeoffs between urbanization and environmental protection. Meanwhile, the country's mountainous regions still host a surprising number of plant and animals species. Zhiyao Tang (Peking University) and fellow researchers identified ten hotspot regions in China's major mountain ranges they say should be priorities for the country's conservation plans.

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*The Danish-Vietnamese joint venture " Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Vietnam," the first of its kind in Vietnam, began operations on Sept. 15.

*A push to fund Asian social enterprises ...

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*China, EU issue joint statement after summit earlier this month.

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