Handbook of Sustainable Management of Biodiversity Strategies for a Thriving Planet

Part I. Global Strategies and Governance

1. Global Biodiversity Politics and Governance

Sidan Wang and Zhen Wu

2. Bridging Conservation and Development: Towards a Renewed Framework for Evaluating Human–Earth Relationship

Yue Yu Zou

3. Empowering Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Global Biodiversity Governance: The IPBES Approach

Su (Tina) Bai

Part II. Regional Policy and Management

4. Effective Conservation: Strategies for Ecosystems and Protected Areas

Wenhui Qiu, Yanqiu Feng, and Chunmiao Zheng

5. Learning and Internalization: Norm-Building in China–ASEAN Biodiversity Governance from a “Global South” Perspective

Guanhui Jin

6. Integrating Biodiversity into Renewable Energy Development: A Review of Policies and Laws Across Countries

Kejia Shen and Jinglin Qiu

7. Reframing Economic and Ecological Strategies to Sustain Biodiversity and Human Well-Being

Yuehan Dou, Lingyun Xiao, Fanjing Liu, and Keyan Miao

Part III. Microbial and Aquatic Ecosystems

8. The Hidden World: Aquatic Microbial Diversity, Ecological Functions and Responses to a Changing Planet

Lijuan Zhang, Xuejiao Qiao, Zhishan Huang, Pengsong Li, and Lingun Ding

9. Microbial Interactions and Ecosystem Dynamics: From Symbiosis to Pathogenesis

Basit Akolade Adigun, Tapos Kormoker, Yan Laam Cheng, Yee Ming Siu, Ki-Hyun Kim, and Yiu Fai Tsang

10. Preserving Marine Biodiversity: Strategies for a Thriving Ocean Ecosystem

Chee Su Yin and Noor Adelyna Mohammed Akib

11. Photoreception by Microbial Rhodopsins: An Alternative Solar Energy Pathway Flowing into Marine Ecosystems without Carbon Intermediates

Susumu Yoshizawa

12. Microplastics in Freshwater Environment: Assessing Sources, Pathways, and Effects on Biodiversity

Minhaz Uddin, Rokonuzzaman, Iqram Uddin Al Amran, Kamrul Haque, Wai Chin Li

Part IV. Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation

13. Community Ecology for Disentangling the Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity

Keita Nishizawa, Xinyu Xu, Dai Saito, and Akira S Mori

14. Incorporating Biodiversity Conservation in the Restoration of a Fully Functioning Subtropical Evergreen Forest at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong: An Overview of Principles and Practices

Jinlong Zhang, Fernanda C. G. Cardoso, Huiling Zhu, Mang Lung Cheuk, and Stephan W. Gale

15. Invasive Alien Species Management in Vulnerable Forest Ecosystems

Katharina Lapin, Marcin K. Dyderski, and Cornelia Amon

16. Changes in the Structure and Functions of Soil Bacterial Communities and Driving Factors in a Restored Forest Soil Chronosequence

Feifei Wang and Wenzhi Cao

17. Biodiversity Conservation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi under Global Change

Tang Rong Zhou, Xun Wen Chen*, Miao Miao Zhang, and Hui Li

Part V. Biodiversity in Urban Environments

18. Conserving Wildlife Biodiversity in Urban Ecosystems

Ruijia Hu and Susanna T.Y. Tong

19. Evaluation of the Ecological Functions of Urban Rivers and Strategies for Their Restoration - A Case Study of the Dasha River in Shenzhen

Zhipeng Guo, Guiping Fu, and Xiaohan Yi

20. The Trade of Six Songbird Species in Hong Kong: Evidence from Direct Count Records in a Local Market

Louis S.H. Lee and Grace Y.L. Chan

Biography

Professor Ming Hung Wong is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Changjiang Chair Professor of the Ministry of Education, China. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of ‘Environmental Geochemistry and Health’ (Springer Nature) for 20 years (2002-2023). Professor Wong was the Coordinator of Central and North-East Asia of ‘Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances’ and a Panel Member (of 3 experts) of ‘Chemicals Management Issues of Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition’, sponsored by UNEP/GEF, during 2001-2003 and 2010-2012, respectively. His research areas included ‘Environmental toxicology’; ‘Ecological restoration’; and ‘Resource reuse’. In addition to his PhD (Durham), he was awarded two higher Doctoral Degrees based on published papers in 1992 and 2004: DSc (Durham) and DSc (Strathclyde). Recently, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) from the Southern Federal University, Russia (2024), in recognition of his involvement as the Lead Scientist in the Mega Project on Bioremediation of Polluted Ecosystems, sponsored by the Russian Government. Professor Wong is ranked 6th for 3 years, 7th for 1 year, and 8th for 2 years (career-long ranking) under Environmental Science, according to the World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University, 2020-2025). 

Dr. Xun Wen Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, College of Life Science and Technology at Jinan University, China. He obtained his PhD at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His interdisciplinary research focuses on the complex interactions between plants and microbes under stress, including exposure to chemical and physical stressors. The goal of his research is to gain a deeper understanding of the complex plant-microbe interactions and to extract general principles that can be applied to advance ecological restoration and sustainable development.

Dr. Masayuki Ushio is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He began his academic career as a forest ecologist in 2005, earned PhD in 2010 from Kyoto University, and has been actively involved in research in ecology, covering a wide range of topics, including tropical forest ecology, nutrient cycling, community assembly, environmental DNA analysis, and statistical ecology. He moved from Kyoto University to Hong Kong in 2022 and began ecological research in local coastal regions. In Hong Kong, his research team is currently developing environmental DNA-based methods to monitor cetacean and fish communities in coastal ecosystems.