Andreas Wilkes

Organisation

World Agroforestry Centre

Department

East Asia programme

Institutional Website

www.worldagroforestry.org

Publication in Relevant Areas

1) Wang, SP, Wilkes, A, Zhang, ZC, Chang, XF et al. (submitted) Effects of management and land use change on soil carbon in northern China's grasslands. Ecological Applications 2) Tennigkeit, T and A Wilkes, 2008, An Assessment of the Potential for Carbon Finance in Communal Rangelands, ICRAF Working Paper 68, ICRAF: Beijing 3) Wilkes, A. 2008. Towards Mainstreaming Climate Change in Grassland Management Policies and Practices on the Tibetan Plateau. ICRAF Working paper 67. ICRAF: Beijing 4) Weyerhaeuser, H., Wilkes, A. and F. Karhl, 2005, ‘Impacts and responses of Upland Communities to large-scale upland conversion programs in Northwest Yunnan, China', in Agricultural Systems 86: 234–253 5) Xu, J. and A. Wilkes, 2004, ‘Biodiversity impact analysis in northwest Yunnan, southwest China', in Biodiversity and Conservation 13: 959–983

Countries of Research Interest

Working fulltime in China 1996-present Short-term missions in Mongolia, Nepal, N Korea

Statement of Interest in the Call

ICRAF's work in China focuses on improving ecosystem service provision and poverty alleviation in western China in the context of climate change. Realising the potential for poor areas of rural China to benefit by providing climate change mitigation services and from the co-benefits that accompany mitigation practices is one core objective of our programmes. Through collaborations with Chinese national research institutes and funding agencies, our China programme is also actively supporting linking Chinese and African researchers in research partnerships. Together with Scottish Agriculture College and University of Aberdeen, we are developing a consortium to design and implement research in these areas within the context of ESPA.