Wong How Man, President, CERS
Explorer/Scholar of China's remote regions
Veteran National Geographic expedition leader and photojournalist
Discovered new source of the Yangtze River
Author of Exploring the Yangtze, published 1989
Author of Islamic Frontiers of China: Silk Road Images, published 1990
Author of CD-ROM Journey to the Source, winner of nine international awards
Author of award-winning CD-ROM Tibet: Exploring Life on the Plateau
Author of From Manchuria to Tibet, won the prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold, 1999

Awards:
Time Magazine honoured Wong How Man among their selection of 25 Heroes of Asia, calling Wong "China's most accomplished living explorer"
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
Academic/Scholar Award of the Asian American Achievement Awards, Washington, DC
1993 Rolex Honorary Award for project to conserve Tibetan monasteries
Lectures voted " Best of the YPO"

Publications:
"Black-necked Crane Rendezvous" - documentation of 14 years of conservation work on this endangered and stately bird. The book published in 2002 comes with a VCD film showing the process of this work.
"An Exploration Series" - Closer to Heaven and Closer to Earth, two books published in 2001 with a collection of bilingual short articles written while Wong was in the field, with spectacular pictures illustrating these stories. The former is on nature, the latter on culture.
" From Manchuria to Tibet" winner of the prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award in 1999.
Two CD-ROMs, " Exploring the Yangtze" and " Tibet" won 11 and 5 international awards respectively.
"Exploring the Yangtze - China's Longest River", published 1989.
"Islamic Frontiers of China: Silk Road Images", published 1990.
Scores of magazine articles (not listed)

Positions held:
Research Fellow, Academia Sinica's Beijing Institute of Geography
Research Fellow, Yunnan Institute of Geography
Adviser, United Nations 50th Anniversary Community Awards
Chief Adviser, Arjin Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang
Environmental Adviser, City of Panzhihua, Sichuan
Adviser, Aksay Kazak Autonomous County, Gansu

Work featured In:
National Geographic
CNN
CNBC
Discovery Channel and others