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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetDevelopment of the GIAHS Initiative in China 2015
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No results found.Over the past decade, the GIAHS Initiative has been designating thirty-two sites around the world. Currently, there are eleven GIAHS sites in China, more than any other country in the world. China’s enormous success is attributed to their active engagements with a variety of stakeholders at the global, national and local level. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetSummary of Symposium 38 (GIAHS and Biodiversity Conservation) at Eco Summit 2007 2015
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No results found.Organized by the Ecological Society of China and Elsevier and initiated by the International Association for Ecology, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment/ICSU, International Society for Human Ecology, International Ecological Engineering Society, International Association for Landscape Ecology, and other tens of international and domestic institutions, took part in the great event in the fields of ecology and sustainable development. This Summit focus on integrative aspects o f all ecological sciences and their applications with the general theme of "Ecological Complexity and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for 21st-Century's Ecology". The aim of this Eco Summit is to encourage a greater integration of both the natural and social sciences with the policy and decision-making community to develop a better understanding of the complex nature of ecological systems，which attract the broadest representations of ecological organizations, ecologists and practiti oners on ecological sustainability issues from all over the world. 13 world known scientists gave plenary presentations. There are over 80 symposia, oral sessions and forums. At the closing ceremony the Beijing Ecological Declaration was adopted. -
ProjectThe GIAHS – Hani Rice Terraces System Yuanyang County, Honghe County, Lvchun County and Jinping County in Yunnan Province, P. R. China. Format for Proposal of Candidate Systems for the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme
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No results found.Hani Rice Terraces are located in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, which is in the southeast part of Yunnan Province. People of various races, with Hani being the main minority group, has built this spectacular agriculture and nature wonders. The magnificent Hani Terrace System is a masterpiece of the brilliant Hani minorities, who has lived in this remarkable landscape for over 1300 years. The terraces are mainly distributed along the south part of the Honghe Ailao Mountain and spr ead in four counties: Honghe, Yuanyang, Lvchun, and Jinping, covering an area of about 70,000 ha. Hani Rice Terraces are one of best examples to show farmers’ wisdom in China. The Hani villages are built on the mountainsides, above the village are the flourishing forests and the terraces are just below the villages. It is amazing that in the Hani Rice Terraces there are no reservoirs but water supply is abundant. The forest, village, terrace and river compose the typical ecological landscape of the Hani Rice Terraces. The Hani People, their indigenous agricultural technologies, their selection of the settlement site and their traditional customs for environment protection and conservation all show a harmonious relationship between human and nature, and their relationship in the human society as well.
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