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Protected Areas <strong>and</strong> Conservation
Symposium
Yan Xie, John MacKinnon <strong>and</strong> Wang Sung
IOZ, CAS, Beijing, China. Email: xieyan@ioz.ac.cn
During last 30 years, China has established various types
of protected areas (PA) where now cover nearly 20% of
its l<strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> protect or manage its natural resources.
However, <strong>the</strong> overall management of <strong>the</strong>se different
protected areas in China is very poor <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> roles of
protected areas for biodiversity conservation are far from
fulfilled. The main reasons for <strong>the</strong> situation are lack of
strong supervision, management criteria, <strong>and</strong>
participation of broad society. China has spent nearly
10 years <strong>to</strong> develop a law <strong>to</strong> improve PA management,
<strong>and</strong> now is at <strong>the</strong> point of issuing a law, however, <strong>the</strong>
current proposed Law of Natural Heritage draft maybe
issued this year is considered not effective for
conservation. In order <strong>to</strong> best use <strong>the</strong> opportunity <strong>to</strong>
have China develop a new law that can effectively
conserve its biodiversity, we have established an expert
group in China <strong>to</strong> study on key issues related <strong>to</strong>
development of <strong>the</strong> law. Current now, we have around
80 experts working on key aspects of PA management
supervision mechanism from government <strong>and</strong> multiple
stakeholders, PA categories <strong>and</strong> functional zones, define
conservation objectives at site level, regional <strong>and</strong> national
levels, financial mechanism, multiple stakeholder benefit
sharing mechanism, public involvement mechanism, <strong>and</strong>
PA management socialization mechanism.
In order <strong>to</strong> learn experiences on PA legislation related
issues in China <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, <strong>to</strong> mobilize experts from
various disciplines (including relevant academicians) <strong>to</strong>
work <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r, communicate with various stakeholders
(especially relevant government agencies), <strong>and</strong> achieve
broader communications. We organized a symposium
on Protected Areas <strong>and</strong> Conservation during <strong>the</strong><strong>31st</strong>
<strong>IUBS</strong> GA <strong>and</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Biological Sciences <strong>and</strong>
Bioindustry. During <strong>the</strong> symposium, we will give
presentations on following 5 <strong>to</strong>pics <strong>and</strong> get participants
involved in discussion on each of <strong>the</strong>m. After <strong>the</strong>
symposium, recommendation papers will be finalized for
each of <strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>pic for fur<strong>the</strong>r studies <strong>and</strong> communication
with wider audiences in China.
1. Defining conservation objectives, outcome
moni<strong>to</strong>ring <strong>and</strong> evaluation at site level, regional <strong>and</strong>
national levels – Jeff McNeely (Former Senior
Scientist, IUCN) <strong>and</strong> John McKinnon (Biodiversity
conservation specialist in China);
2. PA management supervision by government agencies
<strong>and</strong> multiple stakeholders – Ernes<strong>to</strong> C. Enkerlin
Hoeflich (Vice President for World Commission on
Protected Areas, IUCN), Wang Yamin (Professor,
Marine College, Sh<strong>and</strong>ong University) <strong>and</strong> Su Liu
(Greater China Manager for Civic Exchange, Hong
Kong; Chinese environmental policy expert);
3. PA categories <strong>and</strong> functional zones, <strong>and</strong> corridors –
Ben Boer (Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law,
Australian Centre for Climate <strong>and</strong> Environmental Law,
Sydney Law School. University of Sydney), Yan Xie
(Associate Research Professor, Institute of Zoology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences), Charles Besancon
(Protected Areas Program Direc<strong>to</strong>r, World
Conservation Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Center), Siobhan Kenney
(Protected Areas Program Officer, World
Conservation Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Center) <strong>and</strong> Scott Perkin
(Head, Regional Biodiversity Conservation
Programme, Asia, IUCN Asia Regional Office);
4. Ensure PA funding for management operation –
Ernes<strong>to</strong> C. Enkerlin Hoeflich, Megan Kram (Public
L<strong>and</strong>s Program Manager for TNC) <strong>and</strong> Aster Zhang
(Project Direc<strong>to</strong>r for Conservation International;
Associate professor of Beijing Normal University);
<strong>and</strong>
5. Public involvement <strong>and</strong> benefit sharing mechanisms
– Phillip Tabas (Vice President for The Nature
Conservancy) <strong>and</strong> Shengzhi Li (Field Project Direc<strong>to</strong>r,
Shan Shui Conservation Center).
Research on <strong>the</strong> inverse problem of
ma<strong>the</strong>matical physics between product
quality <strong>and</strong> pho<strong>to</strong>syn<strong>the</strong>sis process control
efficiency of Dendrobium huoshanense
Xiangyu DING
University of Science <strong>and</strong> Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui,
China. Email: xyding@mail.ustc.edu.cn
The mapping model between product quality <strong>and</strong>
process control efficiency of Dendrobium huoshanense
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