| EN: Expedition to the semi-arid zone (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China)
| ZH: 半干旱区野外考察（中国新疆）。照片由中波环境联合研究中心拍摄
Preliminary work is underway on the implementation of a project concerning the analysis of annual increments of shrubs as indicators of environmental changes in arid and semi-arid climates area. The project is carried out together with the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The anatomy of the wood of shrubs collected during previous research expeditions is currently being analysed.
| EN: Shrubs and trees growing on the mountain slopes in the semi-arid zone (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China)
| ZH: 半干旱山区乔木和灌木生长研究（中国新疆维吾尔自治区）。照片由中波环境联合研究中心拍摄。