School of Environment and Natural Resources China Research Abroad Program

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2013-05-02

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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement

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The School of Environment and Natural Resources has initiated an undergraduate research abroad program in cooperation with Guangxi Ecological Engineering Vocational and Technical College and conducts research on the institute's forest located in northeast Guangxi Province.

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IMPACT. 1: Undergraduate students, along with Dr. Roger Williams, develop and conduct research projects in Eucalyptus, Chinese fir, and Masson pine forests. Students participate in the project development, data collection and analysis, and subsequent write up of the results. -- 2. During the spring semester students sign-up for an independent study course in which they learn about the country, region, and forests they are going to work in, and develop research plans to conduct the research. During the May semester session, students travel to Liuzhou, China, where they spend three weeks in the forests and collect research data according to the plans they developed during the spring semester.
OSU PARTNERS: School of Environment and Natural Resources; College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Guangxi Ecological Engineering Vocational and Technical College
PRIMARY CONTACT: Roger Williams (williams.1577@osu.edu)

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Engaged Scholars, v. 1 (2013).