¡¡¡¡Beijing Zhaolong Hotel, November 16, 2004
Nature reserves in China have been expanding very rapidly in the past 25 years. The number of nature reserves in China has increased from 24 in the year of 1979 to 1,999 in the year of 2003. The total areas of China¡¯s nature reserves have amounted to 1.38 million km2, which accounts for 14.4% of China¡¯s territory, higher than both the world average of 11% and the rate in most developed countries.
The rapid development of nature reserves in China has contributed greatly to conservation of ecosystems, wild life habitats, and biodiversity in China and even the world. It is important to note that China is doing this while the people are poor. Conflicts between development and conservation are often incurred. The conventional approach to deal with it is regulatory one such as stringent law enforcement to prevent illegal logging, hunting, and fishing. But law enforcement is becoming more costly and less effective as China¡¯s nature reserves are expanding so quickly. A new approach is needed to deal with the conflict if we also keep in mind that local communities in and around nature reserves have their rights to development, and that a large portion of nature reserve land are owned by local communities in China.
It will only harm conservation and be prohibitively costly if nature reserves become island of wildlife habitat. Nature reserves should reconcile local community development in order to meet both ends. But there seems to be no general model to do the job. Nevertheless, local initiatives of co-management of nature reserves are tried in various ways in China. And international experiences of categorization of protected areas are also meaningful in the Chinese context.
A joint research project ¡°Co-management of Nature Reserves in China¡± was launched by WWF-China and College of Humanities and Development (COHD) of China Agricultural University (CAU) in April 2004, aiming to reconcile nature reserves and local development in China. The goal of the research project is to present a platform for scholars, government officials, co-management practitioners and key stakeholders to discuss on the co-management of nature reserves in order to distill any possible rationale and policy and legislative implications. Research results will be shared with workshop participants and government officials, international organizations, co-management practitioners, and researchers will be invited to the workshop.
Objectives:
Ø Present a platform for decision-makers, legislators, researchers and practitioners of nature conservation to discuss on co-management of natural resources in order to reconcile nature reserves and local development;
Ø Present policy and legislative implications of our research to decision-makers and legislators;
Ø Share experiences on co-management of nature reserves with international communities.
Themes:
Ø Challenges facing nature reserves in China;
Ø Practice and experiences on co-management of nature reserve;
Ø Policy and legislative suggestions with regards to protected areas in China.
Participants:
Ø Government officials from the Environment and Resource Committee of China People¡¯s Congress (CPC), National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), State Forestry Administration (SFA), and State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), etc.
Ø Delegates from international organization concerning China¡¯s nature conservation.
Ø Delegates from WWF-China and China Agricultural University, and 10 case-study researchers in the research project.
Ø Researchers and experts from other institutions.
Ø Administrators of local nature reserve authorities and community representatives.
Ø Jounalists.
Co-sponsors:
Ø WWF-China
Ø College of Humanities and Development (COHD) of China Agricultural University (CAU)
Organized by:
Ø College of Humanities and Development (COHD) of China Agricultural University (CAU)
2 Yuanmingyuan Xilu, Haidian district, Beijing 100094
Contact: Ms. Tang Lixia
Tel: +86-010-62733094£¬13810004200
EMAIL: tanglx@cau.edu.cn
Fax: +86-010-62731027
Language:
Ø Chinese and English with simultaneous interpretation
Publication:
Ø Workshop documents delivered afterwards
Venue:
Ø Beijing Zhaolong Hotel
2 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyao District, Beijing
Tel: 010-65972299
Time:
Ø November 16, 2004
International Workshop on Co-management of Nature reserves in China: Schedule
November 16, 2004, Beijing Zhaolong Hotel
Time Activity Venue/Chairman
November 15, Monday Hotel check-in by participants outside Beijing
November 16, Tuesday
Morning9:00¡ª9:30 Opening sessionRemarks by officials from CPC, WWF-China, CAU, and other agencies
Session 1: Keynote Speech
9:30¡ª10:00 China¡¯s nature reserves: policy reviewSFA official
10:00¡ª10:30 Co-management of natural resources: international perspectivesTo be decided by WWF-China
10:30¡ª10:45 Tea break
Session 2: China¡¯s Nature Reserve: Challenges in management
10:45¡ª11:30 China¡¯s Nature Reserve: Challenges in managementZuo Ting (COHD, CAU)
11:30¡ª11:50 ReviewReviewer 1:Reviewer 2:
11:50¡ª12:20 Questions
12:20¡ª14:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session 3: Co-management of Nature Reserves in China
14:00¡ª14:40 Co-management of Nature Reserves in ChinaJin Leshan (COHD, CAU)
14:40¡ª15:00 ReviewReviewer 1:Reviewer 2:
15:00¡ª15:30 Questions
15:30¡ª15:45 Tea break
15:45¡ª16:25 Policy and legislative suggestions regarding China¡¯s nature reserveLi Xiaoyun (COHD, CAU)
16:25¡ª16:40 ReviewReviewer 1:Reviewer 2:
16:40¡ª17:10 Questions
Session 4: Concluding remarks
17:10¡ª17:40 WWF representativeCAU representative
18:00¡ª19:00 Dinner
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