Bo Wu is a Professor at the Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry. He obtained his Ph.D. in Ecology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997. He is a Member of the Council of China National Sand Control and Desert Industry Society, the Council of the Desert Branch of the Geographical Society of China (GSC), the Chinese Ecological Society (CES), and the Chinese Forestry Society (CSF). He is an Expert of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification (UNCCD), and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), United Nations (UN). His professional fields include desert ecology, landscape ecology, desertification mechanisms, and desertification control.