Haonan Zhang is a Research Professor at the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, People’s Republic of China. He serves as the Director of the Research Laboratory for Protected Area Survey and Monitoring, as well as the National Chishui Ecological Quality Integrated Monitoring Station. Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on community ecology, the mechanisms of degraded forest ecosystem restoration, and monitoring and management technologies for nature reserves. He is also a member of the Young Scientists Branch of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences. Haidong Li is a Professor at the Department of Soil and Water Conservation, Nanjing Forestry University. He has been engaged in ecological restoration towards green and low-carbon research for a long time, focusing on industrial and mining areas, fragile areas, and nature reserves. He is also a member of the Young Scientists Branch of the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences and the Young Scientists Special Committee of the Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology.