Scientific Research
Yunda has from the very beginning attached great importance to the pursuit of scientific research, closely following international disciplines. It is, for example, a leader in ecology. Its Institute of Ecology and Geobotany has produced nationally-utilized texts on plant community classification and plant ecology. ("Geobotany" is a term from Russian and continental European science which entails classifying and analyzing the geographical distribution of the flora of a province or nation; it is called "Phytogeography" in English-speaking countries).
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