China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
Executive Summary
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Strengthening Leadership Capacity for Effective Management of China's Protected Areas
Program Dates: 9 May-3 June 2008
Protection of the natural and cultural heritage of China depends on the effective management of the nation’s protected areas. The Government of China has set aside fifteen percent of its land as “protected areas,” including nature reserves and national parks. These protected areas are China’s treasures and the basis for future prosperity of people throughout China, and beyond. Properly designed and managed, these protected areas are critical to the protection of China’s vital watersheds and other natural resources, such as animals, forests, plants and medicinal herbs; cultural resources, including those of China’s indigenous minorities; and some of the world’s most beautiful and historic landscapes. These areas are not only vital to the protection of China’s natural resources but are also a source of national pride, of employment and income for rural populations, and a major draw for tourism.
Recognizing that legal designation is only the first step toward effective preservation, the Government of China acknowledges that they face a daunting challenge in developing the human capital needed to ensure the effective protection of these areas. Approximately eighty percent of China’s nature reserves are managed by the State Forestry Administration and contain the majority of the nation’s wealth of biological diversity.
The China State Forestry Administration has recently established a system of fifty-one model nature reserves and plans to build their leadership and management capacity. To help meet this challenge, The Nature Conservancy China Program, Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management in Beijing, and the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, have joined together in partnership with the State Forestry Administration to strengthen leadership capacity for effective management of China’s protected areas.
The China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project is a five year initiative to expose selected nature reserve managers and government officials throughout China to innovative conservation management issues and strategies.
The first three years of the project will consist of one month of intensive classroom training and field study. The fourth and fifth years will include in-country follow-up workshops and long-term networking activities. The inaugural program will begin in Beijing, China at Tsinghua University with one week of intensive classroom training on 9 May 2008, followed by a field study throughout the United States, and concluding with one week of collaborative learning at the at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii ending on 3 June 2008.
2008 Participants
China State Forestry Administration Officials
Mr. Deming Gao, Director, Wildlife Conservation Management Center, Tianjin Municipal Forestry Department
Ms. Hongyan Guo, Deputy Director, Wildlife Conservation Department, State Forestry Administration
Ms. Shaofeng Hu, Principal Staff, Wildlife Conservation Office, Jilin Forestry Department
Ms. Yafang Jiang, Deputy Director, Academy of Assessment and Planning, State Forestry Administration
Mr. Guangshe Liao, Deputy Director, Nature Reserve Management Office, Guangdong Forestry Department
Mr. Yahui Peng, Director, Wildlife Conservation Office, Hunan Forestry Department
Mr. Zhichao Si, Director, Wildlife Conservation Office, Yunnan Forestry Department
Mr. Zhibin Yao, Vice Director, Chenhuangdao Seashore Nature Reserve Management Committee and Director-General, Beidaihe Training Center, State Forestry Administration
Ms. Gongying Yuan, Director, Wildlife Conservation Department, Beijing Municipal Gardening and Greening Bureau
Mr. Zhong Zheng, Project Officer, Multilateral Cooperation Division, International Forestry Cooperation Center, State Forestry Administration
Mr. Yungui Zhu, Director, Wildlife Management Bureau, Jiangxi Forestry Department
China National Park Advisors
Mr. Guanghua Jian, Director, System Reform Division, Policy Research Office, Yunnan Government
Mr. Lizhou Tang, Director, Operations Division, Pudacuo National Park, and General Manager, Pudacuo Tourism Branch
China National Nature Reserve Managers
Mr. Huaisen Ai, Director, Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve–Yunnan Province
Mr. Lianhai Du, Director, Song Mountain National Nature Reserve–Beijing
Mr. Huali Huang, Director, Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve–Gansu Province
Mr. Zhihong Li, Deputy Director, Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve–Jilin Province
Mr. Shengli Liu, Deputy Director, Wolong National Nature Reserve–Sichuan Province
Mr. Yisheng Ma, Vice Director, Foping National Nature Reserve–Shaanxi Province
Mr. Xiubai Ren, Director, Baxian Mountain National Nature Reserve–Tianjin
Mr. Xiangfeng Ruan, Director, Dongzai National Nature Reserve–Henan Province
Mr. Hongfang Xie, Director, Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve–Yunnan Province
Mr. Fanghong Xu, Deputy Director, Zhanjiang Mangrove Forest National Nature Reserve–Guangdong Province
Mr. Xiangrong Xu, Deputy Director, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve–Jiangxi Province
Mr. Songhai Yang, Director, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve–Yunnan Province
Mr. Guozhen Zhang, Director, Huping Mountain National Nature Reserve–Hunan Province
Mr. Qihong Zhao, Director, Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve–Hunan Province
For More Information Contact:
Ms. Meril Dobrin Fujiki
Project Coordinator for the
China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
East-West Seminars
East-West Center
Phone: 1-808-944-7352
Email: fujikim@eastwestcenter.org
Ms. Carol Fox
Project Advisor for the
China Protected Areas Leadership Alliance Project
Strategic Planning and Partnerships
President's Office
East-West Center
Phone: 1-808-944-7172
Email: foxc@eastwestcenter.org
