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Published online 14 January 2009 | Nature 457, 246-247 (2009) | doi:10.1038/457246a
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Where the rubber meets the garden
China's leading conservation centre is facing down an onslaught of rubber plantations. Jane Qiu reports from Jinghong.
With a combination of carefully groomed landscapes and the natural splendour of tropical rainforests, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) in China's southwestern Yunnan province is renowned for its exceptional beauty (see map). The 900-hectare garden, which has a collection of 11,700 plant species, is the Chinese Academy of Sciences' flagship institute for conservation research.
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