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Independent experts nominated by country party

Tao Wang

Title
Prof.
First name
Tao
Last name
Wang
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Desertification
Desertification
Other Disciplines
Research
Soil and water conservation
Education
Thematic Areas
Desertification
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
China
Job function
Director
Division
Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI)
Email
wangtao@lzb.ac.cn
Telephone number
86 931 4967533/mobile 13609366851
Work experience
2003.08 – now Director, Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences_x000D_
1999.09 - 2003.08 Deputy Director, Professor, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences_x000D_
1998.11 - 1999.08 Executive Director, Research Professor, Institute of Desert Research, CAS, Lanzhou, China_x000D_
1997.02 - 1998.10 Deputy Director, Research Professor, Institute of Desert Research, CAS, Lanzhou, China_x000D_
1995.01 - 1996.09 Fellowship of Japan Science and Technology Agency, National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan_x000D_
1991.01 - 1994.12 Associate Professor, Chief of Division of International Cooperation, Institute of Desert Research, CAS, Lanzhou, China_x000D_
1988.08 – 1990.12 Post-doctorate Fellowship, Institute of Geography, CAS, Beijing, China
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Bachelor's degree of Natural Geography in Xinjiang University from1979-1983; Doctor degree of Natural Geography in institute of Lanzhou desert ,China academy of sciences, from 1983-1988; post-doctoral degree of state planning commission geography institute ,China academy of sciences, from 1989-1991
Number of Publications
108
Publication titles
1. Tao Wang, Xian Xue. 2010. Aims, Principles and Measures for Combating Desertification in Northeast Asia [J]. Global Environmental Research, 14(1): 11-16. _x000D_
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2. Wang Tao, Xue Xian, Liu Shulin. 2010. Combating Aeolian Desertification in Drylands of China [C]. International Dryland Development Commission (IDDC): Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Development of Drylands , Alexandria, Eygpt. 171-175._x000D_
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3. Tao Wang, Xian Xue, Yiqi Luo, Xuhui Zhou, Bao Yang, Wanqun Ta, Wei Wu, Lihua Zhou, Qingwei Sun, XunmingWang, Halin Zhao and Xueyong Zhao,2008. Human Causes of Aeolian Desertification in Northern China [J]. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, (1): 0001~0013._x000D_
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4. Wang, Tao; Ta, Wanquan; Liu, Lichao. 2007. Dust emission from desertified lands in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China [J]. Environmental Geology, 51(8): 1341-1347._x000D_
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5. Wang Tao. 2007. Progress in aeolian desertification in China[C]. Adel EI-Beltagy, Mohan C. Saxena and Wang Tao (edi.): Human and nature. Working together for sustainable development of drylands— Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Development of Dryland. Beijin: 32-45.
Other activities
1. President, Desert Society of China_x000D_
2. Vice President, China Desert Control and Desert Industrial Society _x000D_
3. Director, Geographical Society of China _x000D_
4. Member of the International Dry Lands Development Commission (IDDC _x000D_
5. Director General, International Center for Research and Training on Desertification Control, UNEP, NEPA and CAS
Awards
1. First Prize of Science and Technology Advance of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997. _x000D_
2. First Prize of Science and Technology Advance of Gansu Province, 2006 _x000D_
3. National Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress, 2007
Organisation name
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organisation street address
320 Donggang West Road, 730000
Organisation city
Lanzhou
Organisation country
China