Theme: Opinions on Ecological Restoration of Coastal Zone
Speaker：Prof. Lingfeng Huang
Host: Research Scientist Ke Pan
Location：Room L3-306, Science and Engineering Building
Time：14:30, October 12nd, 2018

Talk Abstract:
The coastal zone is the transition zone between sea and land and also the most active area of human activities. Two-thirds of the world's cities with a population of more than 2.5 million live in coastal areas, and three-fifths of the world's population live within 60km of the coastal areas. China's coastal areas, which are highly urbanized, densely populated and economically developed, make the coastal zone resources and environment suffer a lot. However, those factors also aggravate the degradation of the ecological environment and limit the space and prospect of sustainable economic development in these regions. So, ecological restoration is urgent for sustainable socio-economic development and harmonious coexistence between humankind and nature. This lecture will discuss the important progress, key problems and possible solutions of the ecological restoration of coastal zones in China based on the research projects undertaken by Prof. Huang.


About the Speaker:

Lingfeng Huang, born in September 1968, graduated from Xiamen University with a Ph.D. degree in Science in 1998. Prof. Huang currently serves as a professor of School of environment and ecology and director of the Department of ecology and environment at Xiamen University and is also a standing committee member/deputy secretary on Marine Ecology Professional Committee of Ecological Society of China, the deputy director of Coastal Science Professional Committee of Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology, the standing director of Fujian Province Society for Oceanology/Fisheries and the deputy director of Xiamen Society for Oceanology and Fisheries. His research interests mainly include marine ecology, restoration ecology and ecological engineering and his reseach results have been granted with the second prize of National Technology Invention Award(2016) and the first prize of Marine Science and Technology Award(2014). Prof. Huang has hosted one national key R&D project, one Special Scientific Research Fund of National Marine Public Welfare Industry project, one National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) project, four projects of the Natural Science Foundation and other research projects. He has published over 90 papers in international journal such as SCI/EI and one book, and has been authorized to obtain six international patents.