Xiaoli Shen

• Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS)

Xiaoli Shen is an associate professor at the State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, IBCAS. She is a member of CCICED (China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development) Special Policy Study on “Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation” and has particular interest in demonstrating the use of CBD-recognized indicators (e.g., WPI) to measure countries' conservation progress. Her current research focuses on conservation planning and effectiveness of protected areas. She received her PhD. in Zoology from Peking University in 2009 and had experience working as a visiting scientist at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. She has served as an associate editor for Biodiversity and Conservation since 2011.