1: Comparison of Soil Microbial Communities in Opencast Limestone Mine and Mine Rehabilitation Sites

Opencast mining is considered as an extreme form of land degradation, requiring an intensive array of rehabilitation practices. The mine rehabilitation practice, in the semiopencast limestone mine...

2: Tree Colonization of Abandoned Agricultural Clearings in Seasonal Tropical Montane Forest in Northern Thailand

ABSTRACT: In 1994 the Thai Government embarked upon a nationwide project to restore degraded forests. One approach to such an endeavour is to assist natural regeneration (ANR) by managing a site...

3: The establishment and survival of native trees on degraded hillsides in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT: Deforestation and land degradation in the tropics and subtropics are proceeding at an unprecedented rate, threatening a massive loss in global biodiversity, comprising a fifth of the...