Deli Zhai

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Area of Expertise	RS and GIS
Current Research	Plantation Ecology and Economy
Research Countries	China and Southeast Asia
Professional Experience	Member of the following three projects: 1.) Interior uplands projects of the Department of Environment and Resources of the Hainan Province; 2.) The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Frontiers in Innovative Research to CHC; 3.) ICRAF’s East Asia node on Southeast Asia land use mapping projects
Current FSC Status	Alumna
Year of FSC Scholarship	2013
Institute during FSC Scholarship	Institute for Agroecology and Plant Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany
Home Institute	Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Doctoral Institute	Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dissertation	Impacts of plantations on the tropical forest conservation in the upper reaches of Changhua watershed, Hainan
Degrees	Ph.D.
Important Publications	Zhai, D.L., Cannon, C.H., Slik, J.W.F., Zhang, C.-P., Dai, Z.-C., 2012. Rubber and pulp plantations represent a double threat to Hainan's natural tropical forests. Journal of Environmental Management 96, 64-73. Zhai D.L., Xu J.-C., Dai, Z.-C., Cannon, C.H., Grumbine, R.E., 2013. Increasing tree cover while losing diverse natural forests in tropical Hainan, China. Regional Environmental Change 09:1-11.