| Expert Name | Mr. Kebin Zhang |
| Title | Prof. |
| Division | China Nat. Training Ctr. on Combating Desertif.. |
| Institution | Beijing Forestry University |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Telephone | 86 10 62338158 |
| Email | ctccd(at)bjfu.edu.cn |
| Work Experience | Since 1982, he has worked as teacher and researcher in field of land degradation and desertification combating. He has participated many research projects and also as team leader implemented many research projects.
In past years, Dr. Zhang Kebin participated in preparation national report of UNCCD establishment in 1993. he also participated Asia-African Forum on combating Desertification, Asia Ministerial level Conference on Combating Desertification, preparation China NAP for implementation of UNCCD, National sandy desertification control plan, National desertification monitoring and assessment, National program of “three north” shelterbelt project benefits survey, Beijing-Tianjin sand sources control project, National agricultural strategies studies in 21 century (desertification control chapter), State council strong sandstorm survey in northwest of China, etc.
Dr. Zhang Kebin has also been active in desertification combating worldwide. He participated many international joint research projects in combating land degradation and desertification, natural resources management in arid lands, etc. He is also the national focal point of Thematic 3 of UNCCD for shifting sand control, Consultant Team leader of GEF-OP12 project of partnership of land degradation combating in arid land, consultant team leader of ADB capacity building to combat land degradation project (ADB TA 4358). He was appointed by government as national reviewer of United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) of Desertification Chapter in 2004. He had been invited by US trade development agency as consultant in implementation US aid project of duststorm prevention in north China desert regions.
Dr. Zhang Kebin has been invited in participation many international conferences on land degradation and desertification combating in past years
Mr. Zhang Kebin is also director of liaison department of sand control and desert industry society of China, member of China soil and water conservation society, member of world soil and water conservation association, UNEP STAP independent expert, UNCCD secretariat independent |
| Qualifications | Bachelor of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, 1982.
Master of Silviculture for Sand Fixation, Beijing Forestry University, 1985.
Ph.D.Desertification Combating, Beijing Forestry University, 2003 |
| Number of Publications | 106 |
| Awards | 1. Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture, Awards in 2001, Ethiopia
2. Ministry of Forestry Science Award in 1998, China
3. Qinghai Science and Tetchnology Award in 2010, China |
| Other Activities | 1. Member of World Soil and Water Conservation Association 2. Member of Desert Control and Sandy Industry Society, China
3. Member of Soil and Water Conservation, China
4. Member of Forestry Society, China |
| Publications | 1. Rangeland degradation and recovery in China's pastoral lands, CABI, UK, SF85.4. C6R36 2009. ISBN: 978-1-84593-496-5: P: 264
2. Fluctuation theory and practice og grassland vegetation in the northern farming-pastroral ecotones of China, Frontiers of Forestry in China,Higher Education Press, co-published with Springer-Verlag GmbH,Vol. 3, No. 3, P342-346.
3. Strategies of combating desertification in China,2006, China Forestry Publisher P.252
4. Reports of National Capacity Self-assessment for China’s Implementing International Environment Conventions, 2006, China Environment Science Press, P.244
5. Plant Dynamics methods used in desertification monitoring (in Chinese) ,China Forestry
Publisher, June, 2009, P 260 |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 09/08/2011 15:03:00 |
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