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Employment (2)

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, North Carolina, US

1999-08-15 to present | Professor and Director of Graduate Program (Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management)
Employment
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Yu-Fai Leung

Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, Virginia, US

1998-05-16 to 1999-05-15 | Post-doctoral researcher (Department of Forestry)
Employment
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Yu-Fai Leung

Education and qualifications (3)

Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, Virginia, US

1992-08-01 to 1998-05-15 | Ph.D. (Department of Forestry)
Qualification
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Yu-Fai Leung

The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

1989-09-01 to 1992-05-30 | M.Phil. (Geography)
Qualification
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Yu-Fai Leung

The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

1985-09-01 to 1989-05-30 | B.Soc.Sci. with Honors; Biology Minor (Department of Geography)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Professional activities (12)

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2020-02-01 to present | Member (Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS))
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Yu-Fai Leung

Journal of Leisure Research (Taylor & Francis): London, GB

2018-01-01 to present | Associate Editor
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Yu-Fai Leung

International Union for Conservation of Nature: Gland, Vaud, CH

2016-09-01 to present | Coordinator, Biodiversity Working Group, Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group (World Commission on Protected Areas)
Service
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Yu-Fai Leung

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, North Carolina, US

2016-08-15 to present | Faculty Fellow (Center for Geospatial Analytics)
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Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (Elsevier): Amsterdam, NL

2014-01-01 to present | Associate Editor
Service
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2013-09-01 to present | Adjunct Professor (Department of Geography and Resource Management)
Invited position
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Yu-Fai Leung

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, North Carolina, US

2006-08-15 to present | Associate Faculty (Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources)
Invited position
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Yu-Fai Leung

International Journal of Wilderness (WILD Foundation): Boulder, Colorado, US

2006-01-01 to present | Associate Editor
Service
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Yu-Fai Leung

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration (Sagamore Publishing): Champaign, IL, US

2005-01-01 to present | Associate Editor
Service
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Yu-Fai Leung

International Union for Conservation of Nature: Gland, Vaud, CH

2003-01-01 to present | Member (World Commission on Protected Areas)
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Yu-Fai Leung

National Taiwan University: Taipei, TW

2021-01-01 to 2021-06-30 | Visiting Professor (current); Visiting Associate Professor (8/2007-7/2008) (School of Forestry and Resource Conservation)
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Yu-Fai Leung

International Union for Conservation of Nature: Gland, Vaud, CH

2013-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | Editor-in-Chief, Best Practice Guidelines for Protected Area Managers Series No. 27 (Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas: Guidelines for Sustainability) (World Commission on Protected Areas)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Funding (8)

Develop a collaborative research network and agenda for Antarctic tourism

2020 to 2022 | Grant
Academic Consortium 21 (Nagoya, JP)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Determining use, economic impacts and value of game lands in North Carolina

2017 to 2022 | Grant
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Raleigh, NC, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Creating Resource Stewardship: Data & K-12 Curriculum for Sustainable Wild Horse-Visitor Dynamics

2017 to 2018 | Grant
National Park Service (DC, DC, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Appalachian Trail sustainability assessment study

2015 to 2018 | Grant
National Park Service (DC, DC, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Conservation Corps trail and habitat improvements evaluation

2015 to 2018 | Grant
Conservation Corps (Flagstaff, Arizona, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Geospatial analysis of pack stock movement and grazing patterns as related to vegetation and ground features in Yosemite’s subalpine meadows

2014 to 2015 | Grant
National Park Service (DC, DC, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

IUCN Best Practice Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas (Third Edition)

2013 to 2018 | Contract
IUCN (Gland, CH)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Developing a collaborative learning network for visitor impact monitoring in U.S. and Brazilian protected areas

2012 to 2013 | Grant
University Global Partnership Network (Raleigh, North Carolina, US)
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Yu-Fai Leung

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal for nature conservation. (1)
Review activity for Journal of outdoor recreation and tourism. (1)