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Considerable loss of biodiversity has been occurring in China as in most developing countries and... more Considerable loss of biodiversity has been occurring in China as in most developing countries and threats to biodiversity are increasing because of China's rapid rate of economic growth. China is therefore developing and considering plans and policies, with assistance from international- organisations such as the World Bank, to improve its wildlife programs systematically. However, still being a low-income country, China must carefully weigh up the economic benefits and costs, of its biodiversity conservation program- and design it to generate as much economic benefit as possible without compromising its conservation objectives. Such considerations are especially important at the local level to gain local support for conservation measures and maintain or increase local standards of living. This is illustrated by Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve in southwest China. Policy-makers recognise the importance of integrating conservation within this Reserve with harmonious economic development in the prefecture in which it is located and reject the isolated ‘island’ concept of conservation planning. Such an approach calls for regional·integration of economic development and conservation and will make for greater sustainability of conservation programs. Prospects for sustaining biodiversity in China· will be heavily influenced by socio-political factors which in tum can be expected to reflect economic considerations.
2008 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2008
A fast super-resolution reconstruction algorithm designed for license plate recognition is propos... more A fast super-resolution reconstruction algorithm designed for license plate recognition is proposed in this paper. It uses a new reduced cost function to produce images of higher resolution from low resolution frame sequences. Computational cost required in this algorithm is much lower compared with other methods. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through blind reconstruction experiments with real videos, whose result images are nearly equivalent to those yielded by classical MAP-based approaches. The presented algorithm can be applied in real-time recognition systems to improve their performances, and to reduce the requirement of imaging hardware. 978-1-4244-2175-6/08/$25.00 ©2008 IEEE Authorized licensed use limited to: Nanjing University. Downloaded on August 17, 2009 at 04:32 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.
Considerable loss of biodiversity has been occurring in China as in most developing countries and... more Considerable loss of biodiversity has been occurring in China as in most developing countries and threats to biodiversity are increasing because of China's rapid rate of economic growth. China is therefore developing and considering plans and policies, with assistance from international- organisations such as the World Bank, to improve its wildlife programs systematically. However, still being a low-income country, China must carefully weigh up the economic benefits and costs, of its biodiversity conservation program- and design it to generate as much economic benefit as possible without compromising its conservation objectives. Such considerations are especially important at the local level to gain local support for conservation measures and maintain or increase local standards of living. This is illustrated by Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve in southwest China. Policy-makers recognise the importance of integrating conservation within this Reserve with harmonious economic development in the prefecture in which it is located and reject the isolated ‘island’ concept of conservation planning. Such an approach calls for regional·integration of economic development and conservation and will make for greater sustainability of conservation programs. Prospects for sustaining biodiversity in China· will be heavily influenced by socio-political factors which in tum can be expected to reflect economic considerations.
2008 19th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2008
A fast super-resolution reconstruction algorithm designed for license plate recognition is propos... more A fast super-resolution reconstruction algorithm designed for license plate recognition is proposed in this paper. It uses a new reduced cost function to produce images of higher resolution from low resolution frame sequences. Computational cost required in this algorithm is much lower compared with other methods. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through blind reconstruction experiments with real videos, whose result images are nearly equivalent to those yielded by classical MAP-based approaches. The presented algorithm can be applied in real-time recognition systems to improve their performances, and to reduce the requirement of imaging hardware. 978-1-4244-2175-6/08/$25.00 ©2008 IEEE Authorized licensed use limited to: Nanjing University. Downloaded on August 17, 2009 at 04:32 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply.