Name: GONG Zhiwen
Department：Department of Agricultural & Forestry Economics
Title：Associate Professor
Basic Infomation
GONG Zhiwen is a forest economics and land use policy associate Professor at Department of Agricultural & Forestry Economics, College of Economics & Management, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University. Gong visit study in University of California, Berkeley from 2017.11 through 2018.11.Received the Ph.D. from Department of Forestry, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University majoring in Forest Management from 2006.09 through 2009.06. Now he is a Doctoral Supervisor, Member of the Professional Committee of Forestry Technology and Economics of China Forestry Economics Association, and member of the Professional Committee of Forest Ecological Economy.
Gong’s work and research interest spans payment for ecological restoration programs in degraded fields such as Loess Plateau in Northwest of China, and forest land/cover changes, the silviculture for forest biodiversity conservation in natural forest, optimal timber rotations in forest management. Gong has been published more than thirty papers and books “Forest Management”, “Technological Economics”. Gong also hosting some research projects funded from National Natural Science Foundation of China, such as “Ecological Compensation Mechanisms for Sustainable Basin Management Based on Land Restoration”, “Optimizing Forest Management: Based on Biodiversity in Qinling Secondary Forest.”, and “Analysis of Driving Forces for Land Use/Cover Changes in Northern Shaanxi after Implementation of Sloping Land Conversion Program.”
Admission Orientation：Forest Management (PhD and Master degree)
Office： C-5-21, College of Economics and Management
Phone : 029-87081620
Email：gongzhiwen@nwafu.edu.cn
Education
PhD, Forest Management, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Sep, 2006 ~ July, 2009
M.A., Forest Management, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Sep, 2003 ~ July, 2006
Working Experience
Lecturer, College of Economics and Management ,Jan 2011 ~Dec 2019，College of Economics and Management, NWAFU
Associate Professor, Jan 2020 ~Present, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU
Research Interests
Forestry economic management; Agricultural economic management; Industrial economics
Course Teaching
《Forest Economics》《Industrial Economics》《Forest management》
Scientific Research Achievements
1. Research Projects
[1] Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Fund Project: Research on the Mechanism of Forest and Grass Quality and Efficiency Improvement in Shaanxi Based on the Perspective of Ecological Governance Efficiency, Provincial，Host, 2020-2021;
[2] Research Project on Major Theoretical and Practical Issues in Social Sciences in Shaanxi Province: Supervision System of "Integration of Heaven and Earth" on Qinling Ecological Environment，Provincial，Host, 2021-2022;
[3] Project of the Ecological Construction Engineering Management Center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration: Tracking Evaluation and Countermeasure Research of the Northern Sand Control Belt of “Mountains, Waters, Forests, Fields, Lakes, Grass and Sand” System Control Project，Provincial，Host, 2021-2022;
[4]. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Biodiversity effect on the optimization of secondary forest management in Qinling Mountains, Natioanl,host,2015-2017;
[5]. Global Environment Facility GEF: Research on Ecological Compensation Mechanism for Sustainable Watershed Management Based on Land Restoration, Principal, host, 2017-2018;
[6]. Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province: Research on Land Use/Cover Changes and Driving Mechanisms Before and After Converting Farmland to Forest in Northern Shaanxi, Principal, host, 2013-1 to 2014-12,
2. Papers
[1].Tianfu Wang，Zhiwen Gong，Yuanjie Deng. Identification of priority areas for improving quality and efficiency of vegetation carbon sinks in Shaanxi province based on land use change, Journal of Natural Resources ，2022.37（5）：1-19.(Chinese in English Abstract)
[2].Yin, Shiwen; Gong, Zhiwen; Gu, Li; Deng, Yuanjie; Niu, Yujia ; Driving forces of the efficiency of forest carbon sequestration production: Spatial panel data from the national forest inventory in China, Journal of Cleaner Production , 2022, 330: 0-29776
[3].Gong, Zhiwen, Gu, Li, Yao, Shunbo, Deng, Yuanjie: "Effects of bio-physical, economic and ecological policy on forest transition for sustainability of resource and socioeconomics development", Journal of Cleaner Production 2020118571.
[4].Gong, Zhi-wen, Kang, Xin-gang, Gu, Li: "Quantitative division of succession and spatial patterns among different stand developmental stages in Changbai Mountains", Journal of Mountain Science 2019 9, 2063-2078.
[5].Gong, Zhiwen, O Hara, Kevin L., Li, Weizhong, Gu, Li: "Optimal forest rotation periods: integrating timber production and carbon sequestration benefits in Pinus tabulaeformis plantations on the Loess Plateau, P.R. China", Journal of Sustainable Forestry 2019 6, 591-613.
[6].Gu, L., O'Hara, K. L., Li, W. Z., Gong, Z. W.: "Spatial patterns and interspecific associations among trees at different stand development stages in the natural secondary forests on the Loess Plateau, China", ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 2019 11, 6410-6421.
[7].Gu, Li, Gong, Zhi-wen, Li, Wei-zhong: "Spatial patterns and storage composition of woody debris in a natural secondary forest dominated by Pinus tabulaeformis on Loess Plateau, China", Journal of Mountain Science 2017 9, 1839-1851.
Honors and Rewards
[1] "Third prize" of Liang Xi's youth paper in 2020, Rank First;
[2] "First prize" of the 2019 China Forestry Economics Society's annual excellent paper, Rank First.
