Conghe Song

Biographic Data

ID	3589010
NAME	Conghe Song
GIVEN NAMES	Conghe
FAMILY NAME	Song
SIGNATURE	SONG C
AFFILIATIONS	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ORCID	0000-0002-4099-4906
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	26
TOTAL CITATIONS	87
AUTHOR COUNT	26
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	6

Community-based forest management in changing contexts
Open AccessPrabin Bhusal, Rajan Parajuli et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2026
The Community Forestry (CF) program in Nepal is often lauded as a successful global example of the participatory forest management model, particularly for restoring degraded forest in the midhills However, recent socio-economic, demographic, ecological, and governance change have transformed forest-people relationships, creating uncertainty about the program's long-term sustainability. In this context, this study aims to identify the socio-ecolog…
Mortality Risks of Co-Exposure to Extreme Heat and Ozone in Urban Populations
Open AccessXing Bi, Xiaojia Chen et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2026
Forwarding forest restoration
Open AccessMariana C Hernández-Montilla Mariana C Hernández-Montilla, Mariana…ARTICLEPeople and Nature2026
Restoring forests can help conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and enhance human well‐being. Despite financial and political support for global forest restoration initiatives, projects continue to face persistent challenges and trade‐offs between environmental, climatic and socio‐economic goals. To better understand existing and future challenges and opportunities, we convened a diverse panel of 25 international experts from academia, …
The interactive effects of impervious surface, vegetation, and water on urban land surface temperature
Open AccessYangcen Zhang, Caiyan Wu et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2026
What motivates local leaders of community forests in Nepal? An examination of leaders’ expressed values and experiences
Open AccessPrabin Bhusal, Rajan Parajuli et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2025References: 15
Nepal’s community forestry (CF) program, a globally recognized model of participatory forest management, relies on voluntary local leaders to guide forest management and governance decisions. Sustaining voluntary leadership has become increasingly challenging because of outmigration, declining forest dependence, and growing urban influence on rural livelihoods. In this study, we explore the values and motivations of existing leaders of community …
Understanding the role of land attachment in the emergence of hollow villages based on the agent-based complex system framework
Open AccessQi Zhang, Cai Jin et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2025Cited by: 3References: 70
Crop-raiding by wildlife and cropland abandonment as feedback from nature-based solutions
Open AccessQi Zhang, Jing Hu et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2024
Conservation efforts under the nature-based solutions (NbS) framework aim at better management of ecosystems and improvement of human well-being. Policies targeting forest-based livelihoods align well with the NbS principles, but their social-ecological outcomes are often confounded by complex human-environment interactions. In this study, we identify one major feedback effect of the ecosystem dynamic on people’s livelihoods based on datasets col…
Changes in the associations between heatwaves and human mortality during two extreme hot summers in Shanghai, China
Open AccessXing Bi, Caiyan Wu et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2023
Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of rural households in the community forestry landscape in the Middle Hills of Nepal
Open AccessRajesh Bista, Rajan Parajuli et al.ARTICLETrees Forests and People2022
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has severely affected all sectors of the economy, and the impacts are expected to last-long. One major impact is that migrants return to their original households in rural communities due to loss of jobs. Since rural communities are highly dependent on forest and agriculture for livelihoods, an influx of return migrants likely increases the consumption of forest products and intensifies the agriculture pra…
Conservation Effectiveness and Concurrent Green Initiatives
Li An, Conghe Song et al.BOOKConservation Effectiveness and…2022
Understanding human-environment interrelationships under constrained land-use decisions with a spatially explicit agent-based model
Open AccessQi Zhang, Srikanta Sannigrahi et al.ARTICLEAnthropocene2022References: 81
Understanding the Effects of China’s Agro-Environmental Policies on Rural Households’ Labor and Land Allocation with a Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model
Open AccessWang Ying, Ying Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Artificial Societies…2021
Understanding household labor and land allocation decisions under agro-environmental policies is challenging due to complex human-environment interactions. Here, we develop a spatially explicit agent-based model based on spatial and socioeconomic data to simulate households' land and labor allocation decisions and investigate the impacts of two forest restoration and conservation programs and one agricultural subsidy program in rural China. Simul…
Human-wildlife conflict in the community forestry landscape
Rajesh Bista, Conghe SongARTICLEHuman Dimensions of Wildlife2021
Our current understanding of human-wildlife conflicts (HWC) is limited beyond protected areas. This article investigated HWC in community-forestry (CF) landscape in two Middle Hill districts of Nepal, where community forests and agriculture are mosaicked. We used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods and geospatial tools to examine economic losses to local farmers from HWC and their associated factors. We found that 47% of the cro…
A framework for analysing contextual factors shaping forest-poverty dynamics
Open AccessJohan A Oldekop, Mónica Gabay et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2021Cited by: 9References: 11
Role of social networks in building household livelihood resilience under payments for ecosystem services programs in a poor rural community in China
Open AccessYing Wang, Qi Zhang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2021Cited by: 15References: 16
Effects of payments for ecosystem services programs in China on rural household labor allocation and land use
Open AccessYing Wang, Qi Zhang et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 4References: 104
Rural household income distribution and inequality in China
Open AccessQi Zhang, Richard Bilsborrow et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2019Cited by: 7References: 10
Effects of payment for ecosystem services and agricultural subsidy programs on rural household land use decisions in China
Open AccessYing Wang, Richard Bilsborrow et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2019Cited by: 7References: 66
Feedback effect of crop raiding in payments for ecosystem services
Open AccessXiaodong Chen, Qi Zhang et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2019Cited by: 5References: 52
Rural Household Energy Use and Its Determinants in China
Open AccessConghe Song, Richard Bilsborrow et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2018
Effects of China’s payment for ecosystem services programs on cropland abandonment
Open AccessQi Zhang, Conghe Song et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2018Cited by: 14References: 64
Determinants of out-migration in rural China
Open AccessQi Zhang, Richard Bilsborrow et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Environment2018Cited by: 6References: 70
Natural disasters and economic development drive forest dynamics and transition in China
Open AccessKerong Zhang, Conghe Song et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2015Cited by: 5References: 5
Sustainability of Forests Created by China's Sloping Land Conversion Program
Open AccessConghe Song, Yulong Zhang et al.ARTICLEForest Policy and Economics2013Cited by: 12References: 5
Impacts of landscape structure on surface urban heat islands
Open AccessJunxiang Li, Conghe Song et al.ARTICLERemote Sensing of Environment2011