At the invitation of Professor Gou Xiaohua from the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lanzhou University, Professor Tek Maraseni from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, conducted academic exchanges and delivered a lecture on December 26, 2023. 

Title: Research insights from the timber value chain, land use choices & forest governance projects in different Asia Pacific countries

Speaker: Professor Tek Maraseni

Time: December 26, 2023 (Tuesday) 10:30-12:00

Venue: Room 1615, Guanyun Building

Speaker Profile:

Tek Maraseni, Ph.D., is a Professor and Executive Deputy Director at the Sustainable Catchment Centre, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His research primarily focuses on economics, agriculture, forestry, water, food, natural resource management, carbon accounting, and simulation. He has authored five monographs, published over 225 articles, with more than 7600 citations and an h-index of 49. Professor Maraseni ranks 5th globally in "Carbon Management" and 87th in "Forestry" on Google Scholar. Currently, he serves as a peer reviewer for ten international journals and as a forestry expert for the WMO-FAO-UNESCO working group. He has received the Outstanding Research Award from UniSQ and the Senior International Scientist Award from China. In 2013, he was appointed as a special visiting researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and in 2012 as a visiting researcher at the Lanzhou Documentation and Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University

December 28, 2023