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44 TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project Final Report Appendix 7 g. Outstanding Issues 253. To the extent that the Hot Springs development is a commercial success some portion of its net income should be allocated to conservation in QBCDA. The Hot Springs will be an important beneficiary from the bioresources and biodiversity conservation in the Qinling. In particular, many of its visitors are likely to be high income Japanese tourists attracted to Louguantai for the hot springs, the Daoist culture and especially the Crested Ibis. Failure to protect the biodiversity and cultural resources of the PA and Qinling will negatively impact the financial performance of the Hot Springs over the longer term. 254. The Hot Springs Group will need to explore with the other ex-situ tourism facilities how best to contribute to the cooperative marketing of the “Louguan Tai Experience” in a manner that will benefit all of the proposed tourism facilities including the eco-lodges. The Shaanxi Tourism Group Corporation has much greater tourism marketing experience that the other facilities and therefore has much to contribute to the future marketing and commercial success of the Project’s tourism investments.
TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project Final Report Appendix 7 B. Detailed Description – Component 2: Improved livelihoods for the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources 255. A detailed QBCDA strategy and supporting conservation and Livelihoods Report was produced – see Supplementary Appendix 2. 256. The QBCDA investment program comprises two subcomponents being that target the QBCDA land area of approximately 40,000ha. The first subcomponent seeks to develop village livelihoods through forest based resources and small and medium enterprises from collective forest land estimated to be between 5,000 and 8,000ha. The second subcomponent seeks to improve the extent and quality of forest cover on the 32,000ha to 35,000 ha of State Forest Land managed by the Louguantai Forest Farm. The subcomponent structure is:: (i) Improved Village and Forest-based Livelihoods (a) Village Planning (b) Conservation Forestry Livelihoods (c) Small businesses to add value (d) Homestay Community Tourism (e) Infrastructure – Roads, water supply and energy (ii) Demonstration of Biodiversity Conservation (a) Forestry management for biodiversity habitat (b) Endangered species management planning for 10 species based on field research data 1. Village and Forest-based Livelihoods 257. Policy reforms in 1998-99 reflected in the land conversion and forest conservation programs effectively terminated many of the livelihood opportunities of the communities living in the Qinling Mountains. These opportunities were founded on forestry, non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and agriculture. The policies aim to recreate a forested or treed landscape and precluded use leaving many people without direct sources of income and increasingly reliant on ‘handouts’ from the State as compensation for converting land. For many the only option is to resettle voluntarily with associated costs that are often beyond the means of poor rural households. 258. For many people living in the mountains, access to resources is limited. Unlike most other Provinces in China, Shaanxi did not allocate collective forest land to the communities. Furthermore, forest farms such as Louguantai Forest Farm are strictly policing the removal of products such as medical herbs from the area, further reducing traditional income generating activities. 259. Balancing the needs of the communities with the overriding objectives of forest restoration and biodiversity conservation is the central theme to this sub component. The current management policy of excluding the community from natural resources cannot be regarded as sustainable policy, or in the best interests of wider conservation interests. National and international experience shows that working with local communities and encouraging the equitable use of resources can result in major environmental and conservation benefits. 260. The objective of the sub component is the restoration of forest cover and natural forest habitats to support biodiversity conservation whilst enabling sustainable livelihoods to emerge. 261. The investment will result in both biological and livelihoods outcomes. These are: (i) Biological � Habitat restoration to create a balanced forest structure based on the natural ecological systems and habitats of the project area. All age classes of tree are represented and in the medium / long term the forest will be allowed to revert to the natural process without human interventions (wild forest) � Explore the ecological consequences of past woodland management on habitats and to investigate the natural succession of trees and broader habitats; � Explore ecological effects of management for habitat improvement, including removal of inappropriate species and use various forest systems such as those of analog 45
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