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<strong>Kunming</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Botany</strong>, <strong>Chinese</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> SciencesAnnual ReportGlobalised Forest-products: Commodification <strong>of</strong> the MatsutakeMushroom in Tibetan Villages,Yunnan, Southwest ChinaAward: First Prize <strong>of</strong> the 15th Scientific Results Show <strong>of</strong> Philosophy and Social Sciences <strong>of</strong> YunnanProvinceMain Investigator: HE JunMain Participant Unit: KIBResearch results:Under the international and globalized trading<strong>of</strong> forest products, how to ensure the resourcesustainability and social fairness has been a greatchallenge for managers and decision-makers.Researches on forest products are normallyconcerned with ecological protection or economicvalues, while there is little focus on social andcultural features during utilization and protection. Onthe other hand, when studying forest management,socialists lack attention to ecology and economydue to their discipline background. Therefore, tocarry out interdisciplinary researches is significantfor theoretical construction and methodologicalinnovation as well as policy guidance.This research centers on the export <strong>of</strong> animportant forest product—Tricholoma matsutakein Yunnan. As the fresh T. matsutake industry isconfronted with excessive development, unsmoothmarket channels, uneven distribution and seriousexport problems, the researcher applied theinterdisciplinary method to comprehensively explainproblems existing in T. matsutake managementand trading <strong>of</strong> Yunnan Province, and discussedhow commercialization affected the ecologicalsustainability and socially economic sustainability<strong>of</strong> T. matsutake management from the perspectives<strong>of</strong> institutional economics, cultural anthropologyand ethnoecology. The researcher also analyzed theT. matsutake market in Yunnan China, and exploredhow interest groups in the market and marketmechanism impacted the income <strong>of</strong> participantsin T. matsutake trading. It is found that the marketpolicy <strong>of</strong> encouraging export restricts the positivedevelopment <strong>of</strong> the market to some extent, and alsolimited market competition and participation, whichcaused some power groups to be key participants. Inaddition, as economic activities in local areas weresignificantly influenced by local culture, historyand politics, the interaction between localizationand globalization posed threat to the equality <strong>of</strong> thedistribution mechanism <strong>of</strong> T. matsutake commoditychain. This paper shows the high level <strong>of</strong> academicinnovation, providing a new method, a new theoryand a new viewpoint for future researches. It alsogives important information and feasible opinionsfor managers and decision-makers in practice, whichmay create excellent social, economic and ecologicalbenefit.—— ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS ——

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