Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhiyun Ouyang

Dr. Ouyang’s research interests include ecosystem assessment, ecosystem services, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation. In recent years, he has made his main efforts in mainstreaming ecosystem services in policy making for ecosystem conservation, restoration and land management in China, including national ecosystem survey and assessment of China, national framework of ecological redline planning, national key ecological functional area identification, national park network planning, giant panda protection, and national ecological transfer payment. Dr. Ouyang has played a key role in conservation policy innovation in China since 2000.

Publications

Gross ecosystem product (GEP): Quantifying nature for environmental and economic policy innovation. (2023). Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01948-8
Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches Improves Practicality and Efficiency of Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Planning: Insights from a Social–Ecological System. (2022). Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2022.08.008
Mapping the benefits of nature in cities with the InVEST software. (2021). Urban Sustainability, 1(25). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00027-9
An improved quality assessment framework to better inform large-scale forest restoration management. (2021). Ecological Indicators, 123, 107370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107370
Using gross ecosystem product (GEP) to value nature in decision making. (2020). PNAS, 117(25), 14593-14601. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911439117
Mandle, . L. ., Zhiyun , O., Salzman, . J. ., & Daily, . G. . (2019). Green Growth That Works. Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms Around the World. Island Press. https://islandpress.org/books/green-growth-works