"National everglade ecological protection and the restoration of vegetation key lab" our school applied has been authorized by National Environmental Protection Bureau on October 10th.The constructing period is supposed to cover two years and will be directed by Professor Lin Peng,a well-known plant ecologist and academician of CAS ,and directly charged by Professor Sheng Lianxi.
It is the third ministry-level key lab of our school since 2000 ,while also the first key lab authorized by National Environmental Protection Bureau in addition to its own.
The lab integrated the former labs of Geographical Deparment,Environmental Science Department ,Everglade Research Institute and Grassland Research Institute after optimizing the environmental resources techniques .The main research fields of the lab are everglade protection,vegetation restoration techniques of the degraded ecosystem and it will deeply focus on the everglade protection ,the biodiversity protecion technique of certain regional scale,vegetation restoration of damaged landscapes ,mesurements and engineering techniques of plant restoration .It will certainly provide the national ecological construction with the supportion of theories and techniques .
There are two subjects,ecology and environmental science, which can confer PhD .The number of the faculty is 39,including 14 professors,15 associate professors and advanced engineers as well as 10 instructors and others.