Research Interest :

· Ecosystem services accounting and management

· Ecological restoration programs management

· Effects of resources limits on ecological restoration threshold

Featured Funded Projects :

· Coupled human and natural driving mechanism and ecological restoration threshold of ecosystem services improvement, National Natural Science Funds of China (Grant No. 52100212), PI, 300K RMB, 2022-2024

· Attribution analysis and mid- and long- term effect assessment of changes in ecosystem services under coupled human and natural system, special fund of State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (Grant No. 21K01ESPCW), PI, 100K RMB, 2021-2023

· Coupled human and natural driving mechanism and ecological programs management strategies of changes in urban biodiversity, special fund of Key Laboratory of City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development (Guangdong University of Technology), Ministry of Education, (Grant No. 202202), PI, 50K RMB, 2022-2024

· Ecological value accounting and capital conversion mechanism for watershed water metabolism targets, National Natural Science Funds of China (Grant No. 52070021), Co-I, 580K RMB, 2021-2024

Featured Publications :

· Qing Yang, Gengyuan Liu*, Linyu Xu, Sergio Ulgiati, Marco Casazza, Yan Hao, Zhongming Lu, Xiaoya Deng, Zhifeng Yang*. Hidden challenges behind ecosystem services improvement claims. iScience. 2022, 25(9): 104928.

· Qing Yang, Gengyuan Liu*, Yan Hao, Lixiao Zhang, Biagio F. Giannetti, Junjing Wang, Marco Casazza. Donor-side evaluation of coastal and marine ecosystem services. Water Research. 2019, 166: 115028.

· Qing Yang, Gengyuan Liu*, Francesco Gonella, Yu Chen, Chang Liu, Hongyan Zhao, Zhifeng Yang*. Assessing the temporal-spatial dynamic reduction in ecosystem services caused by air pollution: A near-real-time data perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2022, 180: 106205.

· Qing Yang, Gengyuan Liu*, Marco Casazza, Stefano Dumontet, Zhifeng Yang*. Ecosystem restoration programs challenges under climate and land use change. Science of the Total Environment. 2022, 807: 150527.

· Qing Yang, Gengyuan Liu*, Feni Agostinho, Biagio F. Giannetti, ZhifengYang*. Assessment of ecological restoration projects under water limits: Finding a balance between nature and human needs. Journal of Environmental Management. 2022, 311: 114849.

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