Gao Yufang

Graduate Student

Division:

Sociocultural & School of the Environment

Adviser(s):

Helen Siu, Michael Dove (YSE)

Degree(s):

Master of Environmental Science, Yale University, 2014 // Bachelor of Biological Science, Peking University, 2011

Yufang.gao@yale.edu

Gao Yufang is an active Chinese conservationist enthusiastic about the interdisciplinary research and practice of wildlife conservation. His efforts in unraveling the China-bound ivory trade, which was the focus of his Master’s project in 2012-2014, has helped the international conservation community to gain a more comprehensive and contextual understanding about China’s ivory markets. Before starting his PhD, he was Executive Director of the Everest Snow Leopard Conservation Center where he led a public-private initiative in Tibet to foster the healthy coexistence between large carnivores and local residents in the Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) National Nature Reserve. He was named the winner of the 2016 Marsh Award for Terrestrial Conservation Leadership from the Marsh Christian Trust and Fauna & Flora International, and the 2016 Emerging Explorer of the National Geographic Society.

Selected Publications:

Gao, Y., Stoner, K. J., Lee, A. T., Clark, S. G. (2016). Rhino horn trade in China: An analysis of the art and  antiques market. Biological Conservation,201, 343-347.

Chen, P., Gao, Y., Wang, J., Pu, Q., Lhaba, C., Hu, H., Xu, J., Shi, K. (2016). Status and conservation of the  Endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia in Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, Tibet. Oryx, 1-4.

Chen, P., Gao, Y., Lee, A.T., Cering, L., Shi, K., Clark, S.G. (2016). Human–carnivore coexistence in Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Nature Reserve, China: Patterns and compensation. Biological Conservation, 197, 18-26.  

Gao, Y., Clark, S.G. 2014. Elephant ivory trade in China: trends and drivers. Biological Conservation, 180: 23-30.  