Ibd2019

International Conference on Biodiversity,
22-24 May 2019,
Bangkok, Thailand

Speaker profile,

Dr. Maxime Rejou-Mechain

Institute : Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD-IRD), France

Topic : Carbon storage across scales

He principally studies the ecological forces that structure tropical tree communities and functions using large floristic database and remote sensing approaches. His research integrates aspects of community ecology, spatial ecology, and functional ecology, community phylogenetic and remote sensing approaches at different spatial scales.
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Prof.Dr. Richard Corlett

Institute : Director of Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China

Topic : Potential climate change impacts on biodiversity and protected areas in Southeast Asia

Richard Corlett was born in London, England and did his first degree at the University of Cambridge. He went on to do his PhD at the Australian National University, in Canberra, with field work in Papua New Guinea. He has subsequently lived and worked continuously in the East Asian tropics for nearly 40 years. He was a lecturer at Chiang Mai University (1980-82), and then moved to the National University of Singapore (1982-87) and the University of Hong Kong (1988-2008), before returning to Singapore (2008-2012). Since 2012, he has been Head of the Center for Integrative Conservation at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Xishuangbanna, southwest Yunnan. His research focuses on ecology, conservation, and climate change biology in tropical East Asia. In addition to many scientific papers, he has written several books, including ‘The Ecology of Tropical East Asia’ (Oxford University Press, 3rd edition 2019) and ‘Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison’ (Wiley, 2nd edition 2011) co-authored with Richard Primack. He is chief editor of the journal ‘Global Ecology and Conservation’ (Elsevier), and an associate editor for ‘Biological Conservation’ and several other journals. He was a lead author for the ‘Asia’ chapter in the Working Group II contribution to the 2013 IPCC climate change report and also for the IPBES Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Asia-Pacific. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Climate Change Specialist Group, 2017-2019.

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Dr. Paulo Augusto Lourenço Dias Nunes

Institute : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

Topic : Biodiversity mainstreaming across agriculture sectors

Paulo A.L.D. Nunes is an economist with background on econometrics, environmental and resource
management and holds a solid science policy interface expertise. Dr. Nunes has over 15 years of
experience in leading and managing multidisciplinary teams that produce high-level, evidence-based,
policy-relevant consensus reports, and underlying action, on important issues in world natural and
agricultural resources, with an emphasis on poverty reduction, conservation of biodiversity and
socio-economic development in line with the recently adopted SDGs.

Today Dr. Nunes is based in Rome, serving the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
as Global Coordinator of Biodiversity Mainstreaming Platform. Past positions include Global Coordinator of
Policy and Technical Experts Committee of the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystems (WAVES),
Head Biodiversity Economics Research Group, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), and professor at the Johns Hopkins University – SAIS Bologna, Venice International University, University of Bologna, and
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Dr. Nunes is bringing his expertise to a wide set of high-level international initiatives, including,
(i) UN’s System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), contributing to the SEEA’s management and revision process; (ii) UN’s Experimental Ecosystem Accounting and Applications of the SEEA, contributing to the first report; (iii) UNEP’s flagship project on mainstreaming ecosystems services into development and biodiversity conservation policy as lead author of Success Stories in Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services into Macro-economic Policy and Land Use Planning: Evidence for Chile, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and Viet Nam; (iv) GIZ’s Economics of Land Degradation Initiative as technical reviewer of The Economics of Land Degradation in Africa; (v) UN conference on SIDS as lead author of the Guidance Manual for Valuation and Accounting of Ecosystem Services for Small Island Developing States, under formal appointment by UNEP (vi) UNEP’s The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity as lead and contributing author of TEEB for Business, TEEB for National and International Policy Makers, TEEB Ecological and Economic Foundations (vii), and the Ocean Health Index (OHI) as contributor
scientific advisor on the economics of Oceans.
Dr. Nunes has received his PhD in Economics from the Katholiek Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and has
200+ scientific publications in the field of environmental economics and policy in a variety of international journals and peer review conferences. His latest book is Handbook on the Economics and Management for Sustainable Oceans (launch, June 2016). Dr Nunes is also a also member of: (1) the Policy and Technical Experts Committee of the Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystems (WAVES), World Bank; (2) the Steering Committee of the Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative, Gulbenkian Foundation; and (3) collaborates with the World Bank’s Global Ocean Partnership.

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Prof.Dr. Kentaro Arikawa

Institute : Sokendai-Hayama, Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, Japan

Topic : Butterfly vision-another view of our world

Professor of Neuroethology at Sokendai. As a first-year graduate student, he discovered that
butterflies can detect light with their ge****ls and studied this unique light-sensing system for his
PhD. He then started to study color vision in butterflies. After being a professor at Yokohama City
University for 21 years, he moved to Sokendai in 2006. He also served as a research fellow at
Australian National University and the National Institutes of Health. Besides science, he enjoys
nature photography and flute playing.

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Mr. Rik Gadella

Institute : Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Lao PDR

Topic : Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, in and ex situ Lao PDR

Rik Gadella was born in Aruba, in the Caribbean, in 1964. After studying philosophy, he established in Amsterdam a publishing house and gallery called Picaron Editions, devoted to works of philosophy, poetry and art. In 1992 he moved to Paris where he created the internationally renowned art fairs Paris Photo, ArtistBook International, and Parcours des Mondes. In 2007, he visited Laos, and had a revelation.
“Who would have thought that a week’s stay in Laos would have turned my life around so much that I’d end up moving to the other side of the world, into a country and a culture that I knew nothing about, to launch myself on a completely new path and a huge adventure. Here I am in Luang Prabang, one of the most fascinating places on earth. And, I also have the privilege of working with amazing people on the discovering and classifying of an exceptional flora for the creation of the first botanical garden in Laos.”
Thus the project to create the first botanical garden of Laos took shape in 2008 and opened to the general public in 2017 showing the flora of Laos with a special focus on ethno-botany.

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Dr. Ekaphan Kraichak

Institute : Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Topic : Variation in Beta-diversity with Microclimate across scale: Cases from Bryophytes

Ekaphan (Bier) Kraichak completed his Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from University of California,
Berkeley, USA with the funding from the Royal Thai Government. His Ph.D. thesis focused on
ecology and evolution of a peculiar group of tropical bryophytes that grow on leaves. After his
Ph.D., he did a postdoctoral work on lichen systematics at the Field Museum, Chicago. He is now
an assistant professor of Botany at Kasetsart University, where he is working on a variety of topics
from taxonomy, diversity, to ecology and evolution of bryophytes and lichens in Thailand.

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Komsorn Lauprasert

Institute : Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Thailand

Topic : Effect of environmental factors on edible burrowing frogs in northeast Thailand

Komsorn Lauprasert is an Assistant Professor at Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,
Mahasarakham University. He graduated Ph.D. (Biological Science) from Faculty of Science,
Chulalongkorn University in 2006. Komsorn’s researches focus on biology, ecology and
palaeontology of vertebrate faunas, particularly amphibians and reptiles. His specific areas of
interest are vertebrate faunas including morphology, genetic diversity and behavior of edible
burrowing frogs in Thailand. He is also interested in taxonomy, diversity, evolution and
palaeobiogeography of crocodilian fossils during Mesozoic Era in SE Asia as well. At the present,
he serves as the head of Biological Department at Mahasarakham University

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Mr. Jonathan Ablett

Institute : Department of Life Sciences,
Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

Topic : Natural history collections: Why are they so important?

Jonathan has worked at the NHM for over 15 years. He is the Senior Curator in charge of the Mollusca collections with special responsibility for the terrestrial Mollusca and Cephalopod collections. His work has focused on landsnails of SE Asia and India as well as the Orthalicoidea. He is a council member of the Malacological Society of London and the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. In addition to his curatorial and scientific outputs, he is involved in scientific outreach and communication.

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Dr. Yannik Kuehl, Asia/Pacific of the National Geographic Society

Topic : Granting for biodiversity conservation

Dr. Yannick Kuehl is the Senior Director-Asia/Pacific of the National Geographic Society. He is the lead programmatic representative for the National Geographic Society (NGS), to advance strategic priorities in Asia and to grow the community of Explorers in Asia. The National Geographic Society is an impact-driven global nonprofit organization that pushes the boundaries of exploration, furthering understanding of our world and empowering us all to generate solutions for a healthy, more sustainable future for generations to come. Previous to NGS, Yannick worked as Regional Director, East Asia, of TRAFFIC, an alliance of WWF and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). TRAFFIC ensures that trade in wild animals and plants is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Based at WWF in Hong Kong, Yannick directed TRAFFIC's conservation programme in China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Nepal and was leading the implementation of TRAFFIC projects in research, policy advice, communications and capacity-building. Before that, he was based in Beijing for three years as a Forest and Climate Change Expert for the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). Yannick obtained his BSc at Humboldt University - with a short stint at the University of Mauritius, his MSc and PhD in agricultural economics at the University of Hohenheim and the China Agricultural University - where he also worked as an Agricultural Economist.

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Mr. Arie-Johann Heiertz

Institute : RWE Technology International, Germany

Topic : Technical aspects of mine reclamation in the Rhenish Lignite Basin and possible ways of biodiversity, bioeconomy and public use

Mr. Arie-Johann Heiertz is an expert in mining engineering for any large-scale mining projects in opencast mines. His expertise gained within operational units at RWE Power disembogued in the responsibility of heading an Infrastructural Department at Hambach Opencast Mine. His experience comprises the technical, economical and environmental assessment of mining operations as well as the development and review of mining related capital investment processes (from project concepts to bankable feasibility and project implementation studies) as well as the technical and economical controlling of mining activities. He also gained profound knowledge in the operation of Room & Pillar and high productive Longwall mining systems in Germany and the USA.

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Dr. Katie Richgels

Institute : National Wildlife Health Center, USGS, U.S.A.

Topic : Biodiversity loss linked to emerging wildlife diseases

Katie Richgels is the Chief of the Applied Wildlife Health Research Branch at the USGS National
Wildlife Health Center. In this role, she oversees research on the risks, impacts, and mitigations
strategies for wildlife diseases that are important for human health, agricultural health, or
conservation in the United States. Currently, the research branch is developing new diagnostic tests,
such as bed-side lateral flow tests to detect an invasive fish tapeworm, and new assays to detect
chronic wasting disease in live cervids. In addition, the branch is studying the epidemiology of
important wildlife diseases, such as sylvatic plague, avian influenza, and white nose syndrome.
Lastly, the branch develops management tools that can help mitigate disease effects, such as field
applicable vaccines targeted at wildlife hosts and disease forecasts that allow managers to improve
efficiency and effectiveness of management actions.
Dr. Richgels is a broadly trained disease ecologist with a background in metacommunity and spatial
ecology, GIS, and epidemiology. She completed post-doctoral training at the USGS National Wildlife
Health Center on modeling vaccination strategies for management of sylvatic plague in western
prairie dog populations and completing a nation-wide risk assessment for the emerging fungal
pathogen, Bsal. She completed her PhD in 2014 at the University of Colorado studying
metacommunity dynamics and diseases of pond breeding amphibians. She completed her
undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin in Forest and Wildlife Ecology with a certificate
in GIS.

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Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim

Institute : Director of ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Philippines

Topic : Biodiversity conservation and management in ASEAN

Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim is the current Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) where she leads the Centre in facilitating regional cooperation and coordination on biodiversity conservation for it to be sustainably managed and used, and equitably shared for the well-being of people. Some of her notable international roles in the conservation sector were as the Chair of the Convention on Biological Diversity Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD-SBSTTA) from 2017 to 2018, Chair of the 15th and 18th Meetings of the ASEAN Working Group Meeting on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME) in 2014 and 2017, Chairperson of the 4th ASEAN Experts Group (AEG) on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) Meeting in 2006, and Chairperson of the 16th ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity (AWGNCB), also in 2006. Her core competencies and extensive experience and expertise are in local, regional, and international governance, management, policy development, implementation, and innovation, partnership-building, science and policy linkages, and advocacy in the fields of biodiversity conservation and wildlife protection.

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Dr. Pierre Comizzoli

Institute : Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, U.S.A.

Topic : Role of ex situ conservation and wildlife
genome banking for conservation

Pierre Comizzoli started his career 25 years ago as a research veterinarian in French Guyana to study the
seasonal reproduction of different mammalian species living in the rain forest. His next appointment was in
the African Sahelo-Saharan region where he was in charge of health and reproduction monitoring programs for livestock species. These first professional experiences allowed him to acquire a good basic knowledge in-the reproductive biology of various animal species. Dr. Comizzoli then completed a PhD in 2000 on in vitro fertilization in bovine and deer species. He characterized a new paternal effect on the early embryo development in both species and produced in vitro the first transferable embryos of red deer and Japanese sika deer. After receiving his PhD, he worked on the implementation of reproductive technologies and Genome Resource Banking for the conservation of wild ungulates at the National Museum of Natural History of Paris. In 2002, Dr. Comizzoli joined the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC as a staff scientist to develop new cryo-banking projects on gametes and gonadal tissues from rare and endangered species. His comparative research on gamete biology and fertility preservation (mainly using the domestic cat as a model) has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health for the past 12 years. Interestingly, his studies on germplasm cryobiology and alternate preservation methods in non-traditional animal models build new bridges with human reproductive medicine.

Dr. Comizzoli also is integrating reproductive science into conservation projects of wild carnivores and
ungulates in Northern Africa as well as in South-East Asia. Specifically, he has coordinated the reproductive
monitoring and performed artificial inseminations in different species (including giant pandas, clouded
leopards, or Eld’s deer) resulting in the births of healthy individuals that contribute to the sustainability of these rare species. Dr. Comizzoli has published >100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He has
received several professional awards including the Smithsonian Secretary’s Research Prize (2008, 2012, and 2015) and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2011) for his innovative work on fertility preservation. Dr. Comizzoli has been serving in diverse leadership positions at the Smithsonian
Institution. He is coordinating since 2007 a Smithsonian-wide initiative to improve the management and use of biomaterial and environmental repositories within the Institution. He has been Director of the Consortium for Science (2014-2015) and is now Senior Program Officer for Science in the Office of the Provost for Museums, Education and Research.

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Dr. Mason Campbell

Institute : James Cook University, Australia

Topic : The Belt-and-road initiative and the impacts on Biodiversity in Asia

Dr. Mason Campbell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Tropical Environmental
and Sustainability Science (TESS) at James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns, Australia. He examines human land-use impacts on tropical plant and animal communities and has a strong passion for the conservation of natural tropical ecosystems. He aims to use his research as a means for both understanding human impacts on natural communities and to devise mitigation strategies capable of real world implementation.
Mason is currently the field director of a team examining environmental impacts and economic
benefits of road infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Their work provides a
determination of optimal future road locations to minimize environmental degradation whilst
maximizing economic development. Prior to this, Mason received his award-winning PhD from
James Cook University Australia where he examined how lianas respond to rainforest fragmentation.

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Dr. Emmanuel Paradis

Institute : IRD Research Director, Developmental Biology and Evolution Institute de Recherche pour le
Développement, France

Topic : Modelling and prediction for sustainable biodiversity

Emmanuel Paradis did his PhD in 1993 in the field of population ecology at the University of
Montpellier (France). He worked for three years as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the
University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) on large-scale modeling of bird population dynamics and
conservation. He began working as a Research Associate at the National Center for Scientific
Research of France (CNRS) in 1998 where he initiated a research project on biological
diversification and development of software for biodiversity research. Since 2008 he has been a
Research Director with the Institute of Research for Development of France (IRD). He is Associate
Editor for the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution. He is author or co-author of three books,
two book chapters, and sixty-four articles in peer-reviewed journals. His current research interests
concern modeling biodiversity dynamics over large spatial scales, particularly in Southeast Asia.
He has a special interest in the mechanisms underlying interactions between biodiversity, wild
ecosystems, and human populations.

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Welcome to the International Conference on Biodiversity or
IBD 2019 Bangkok, Thailand

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Science and Technology and the Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office (BEDO), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with partner agencies will organize the International Conference on Biodiversity (IBD2019) during 22-24 May 2019 at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World, Bangkok, Thailand.

The conference goal is focusing on a conservation research, the utilization of natural resources and environment in sustainable ways.

In 2019 is an important year of our country, due to this year Thailand is a president of ASEAN meeting. Moreover, on 22 May is the Biological Diversity International day. This conference will encourage Thailand to be one of leader in ASEAN region regarding research and biodiversity conservation which make an impact on management and utilize biological resources in effective ways.

IBD 2019 is the largest biodiversity conference in Thailand. There are partners more than 50 institutes join conference and exhibition. Moreover, there are several famous experts from local and international over 100 speakers join this conference.
Interesting activities such as
 Special lectures from world-class botanists from more than 20 botanical gardens all over the world, a lecture regarding ASEAN biodiversity management, a global warming affected on biodiversity, marine tourisms and a UNESCO Global Geopark.
 Exhibition " The Treasures of Biodiversity in Thailand from the Mountain to the Sea”.
 Performing workshop “Scientific Illustration” from world experts of Smithsonian institute.
 Setting booth and local demonstrative products from community.
 A speech from the famous celebrities regarding environmental conservation.
 Research Show on Biodiversity
 The Youth Declaration on Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use.

On behalf of the organizer, we would like to invite you and all related staff to join IBD conference. You can either submit abstract, manuscript or arrange the exhibition in 11 topic areas.

The conference session has register fees but in exhibition zone is free of charges.
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Important Dates
Deadline for Abstract submission extend to March 31, 2019, and Manuscript for conference proceedings submission extend to April 10, 2019.

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Prof. Pete Hollingsworth

Institute : Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Topic : Science and conservation at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Prof. Pete Hollingsworth FRSE is Director of Science and Deputy Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. His research focuses on understanding and conserving plant biodiversity. He has played a major role in the International Barcode of Life Project aiming to build a unified DNA-based index of life on earth. Other research interests include understanding pest and pathogen threats to the natural environment, wildlife forensics, and the conservation of genetic diversity. He is an Honorary Professor of the Kunming Institute of Botany, a Visiting Professor of the Universities of Edinburgh and Johannesburg, and Chair of Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

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Dr. Nantida Sutummawong
Institute : Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Thailand

Topic : Species traits inform migratory birds’ response to climate change

Nantida Sutummawong is a lecturer in Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Thailand. She
graduated her PhD (2017) on Zoology from James Cook University with the research on “Assessing
the vulnerability of Thailand’s forest birds to global change”. She is currently focusing works on
Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation on Climate change to fauna in Thailand along latitudinal and
elevational gradients. She also working on the how to manage and mitigate to Natural disaster, and
the Scientist on the Earthwatch Institute Australia.

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Dr. C. Mark Eakin

Institute : NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NOAA Coral Reef Watch, U.S.A.

Topic :
Severe coral bleaching and impacts on biodiversity: The 2014-17 global bleaching event and prospects for the future

Education :
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, University of Miami (1991) NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program (2014)
Dr. C. Mark Eakin has worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for over 25 years and directs Coral Reef Watch, a program that monitors coral reef ecosystems through satellite and in water observations. Dr. Eakin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Miami and publishes on coral reef ecology, especially the impact of climate change on coral reefs, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, and coral paleoclimatology. He formerly co-chaired the US Coral Reef Task Force’s Climate Change Working Group, has testified before the US Congress on the impacts of climate change, was a contributing author on the 2014 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report, and a Chief Scientific Advisor for the 2017 Sundance-winning film Chasing Coral.

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Speaker Profile : Session Ecotourism and UNESCO Global Geopark

Dr. Young Ng
Institute : Senior Advisor at Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark, Honorary Advisor at Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong

Topic : Geotourism models for poverty alleviation in underprivileged areas

Education PhD (Sydney University) MSc & DIC (London University) BSc (Hong Kong University) Dr. Young Ng is a geoscientist of Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark and advisor of several other UNESCO global geoparks in China. He is a pioneer in geotourism, geological heritage conservation and geoparks in the Asia Pacific region and has been awarded various medals for his contributions in geological heritage conservation including the Hong Kong Government’s Medal of Honour in 2012. He is the original proposer and advocator of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark and the founder of its Recommended Geopark Guides (R2G) System. Young is experienced in training, planning, nomination, assessment and revalidation of national and global geoparks and world heritage sites since 2006. He co-authored the ‘Principles of Geotourism’ in 2015, the first English version of the Chinese geotourism book extensively used as a textbook in universities in China. He also co-authors the latest English version of ‘Dictionary of Geotourism’ in 2019. His research interests are in geotourism, geological heritage conservation, geoparks and sustainable development. Young is currently a member of the advisory committee of the National Geotourism Strategy Reference Group of Australian Geoscience Council, assisting the formulation of geotourism strategy and policies for Australia. He is also a member of the Geotourism Standing Committee of the Geological Society of Australia and a founding member of the Geotourism Forum of Ecotourism Australia.