If Xishuangbanna is an oasis on the Tropic of Cancer, then XTBG is the most dazzling gem in that oasis. This 1,125-hectare park preserves over 13,000 species of tropical plants in its 35 living collections, including over 301 families and 2,110 genera. In the eyes of ecologists, this vast beauty holds a plethora of secrets about nature. Hundreds of researchers and students from more than 30 countries work together there to decipher nature's code. Nakamura is one of them.

An Ecology and Biodiversity Sustainable Conservation and Academic Exchange Workshop was held in Vientiane, Laos from May 26 to June 7. The workshop was co-hosted by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and the Biotechnology and Ecology Institute (BEI) of Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), with participation of over 70 experts and scholars from nearly 30 institutions and departments of China and Laos.

"Be part of the Plan" is the theme for this year's International Day for Biological Diversity. Science and Technology Daily (S&T Daily) reporters visited the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Yunnan province in southwestern China, where they witnessed the joint efforts of scientists from China and abroad to preserve biodiversity. "Everyone is responsible for biodiversity, it's a moral code that we have to live by

Photos show the scenery of fireflies glowing in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province.