Building new-style protected area system with Chinese characteristics and promoting innovative development of the Man and the Biosphere Programme

Authors

Zhen YAN, National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration), Beijing 100714, ChinaFollow

Keywords

Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB); China; protected area; vivid practices; Chinese experience

Document Type

General Survey

Abstract

Through innovative efforts to develop a national park-centered protected area system, China has made notable progress in science-based classification, protected areas consolidation and optimization, development and management, legal safeguards, and monitoring and oversight. These achievements have provided robust support for implementing the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), fostering a Chinese paradigm thereof. This paradigm features coordinated large-scale ecological conservation and improved livelihoods, integrated trans-boundary protection alongside monitoring and oversight, sustained advances in scientific research, and a balance between strict protection and rational utilization. Going forward, China will press ahead with building the world’s largest national park system, to serve as a global example for protected areas, support and guide the high-quality development of the MAB through accelerated international exchanges and cooperation, thus making greater contributions to advancing Chinese modernization, where human and nature coexist harmoniously.

First page

1493

Last Page

1497

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recommended Citation

YAN, Zhen (2024) "Building new-style protected area system with Chinese characteristics and promoting innovative development of the Man and the Biosphere Programme," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 40 : Iss. 9 , Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.1000-3045.20250722005
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss9/4