Cover news trainee reporter Cao Yu Yu said
On 28 July, at the 44th World Heritage Conference held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China, Chongqing Wulipo (Hubei Shennongjia World Natural Heritage Boundary Adjustment Project) was officially approved as a World Natural Heritage Site, the third World Natural Heritage Site in Chongqing after Wulong and Jinfoshan.
On the afternoon of July 29, Chongqing Municipality held a press conference, and the responsible persons of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism, the Chongqing Municipal Forestry Bureau and Wushan County told the tortuous process of Wulipo's "application for heritage".
Natural scenery of Wulipo
After five years, Wu Lipo finally realized the "dream of applying for heritage"
Wulipo is located in Wushan County, the easternmost part of Chongqing, on the border of Wushan and Shennongjia in Hubei Province.
In June 2013, Wulipo was approved by the State Council as a national nature reserve, with 3,000 hectares of primary forest, 300 hectares of native subalpine meadows, 26.6 hectares of spike fir communities and alpine wetlands.
Experts have now found 3,001 species of vascular plants and 447 species of terrestrial vertebrates in Wulipo. Among them, there are 16 species of wild plants under national level I key protection and 64 species of wild plants under national level II key protection, 17 species of wild animals under national level I key protection, and 63 species of wild animals under national level II key protection, and the biological gene pool is very rich.
It is understood that the Wulipo Nature Reserve has a variety of rare and endangered animal species in the iUCN Red List and wild animals under national key protection. Rare, endangered or endemic wildlife such as impala, forest musk and golden snub-nosed monkeys are found in the Wulipo Reserve. As a habitat for the endangered 100-crowned pheasant, Wulipo Nature Reserve is listed as an important bird area (CN225). After wulipo nature reserve was included in the Shennongjia heritage site, it not only expanded the habitat of important species such as golden snub-nosed monkeys, but also added more diverse habitat types to the original heritage site.
Wildlife in the Wulipo Conservation Area
Chongqing Wulipo Heritage Project was officially launched in 2017, and in June this year, the World Heritage Center released the World Heritage Conference draft resolution and advisory assessment report, and the assessment agency iucn (World Conservation Union) believes that the inclusion of Wulipo National Nature Reserve will strengthen the protection of important corridors and habitats, so that species can freely communicate and migrate between Shennongjia Forest in Hubei, Karst Forest in Wulipo Nature Reserve, wetlands and Daba Mountain of important botanical significance.
The assessment report describes that wulipo national nature reserve is listed as a key bird area, and the boundary adjustment will display 34 rare and endangered animal species, which will bring positive results to the outstanding universal value of the protection of the heritage site and the improvement of the integrity of the heritage site, so it is recommended that it be approved.
Ecological priority Do a good job in "heritage protection" big articles
"The success of the Wulipo application is an affirmation of the ecological environmental protection work of the national nature reserve, but it also puts forward higher requirements for the future protection work." Hu Zhiyi, deputy dean of the School of Geography and Tourism at Chongqing Normal University, told Cover News.
Cao Bangxing, secretary of the Wushan County Party Committee, said at a press conference that "the successful application for heritage is not the end, but a new starting point."
Cao Bangxing said that Wushan will put the protection of the ecological environment in a more prominent position, continue to do a good job in the "heritage protection" of this big article, "we set up a heritage office, and with the Hubei Province Shennongjia Forestry District Government, Badong County Government set up the Hubei Yudong Adjacent Nature Reserve Alliance, established a linkage protection mechanism." ”
Wetlands in the Wulipo Nature Reserve
According to reports, in terms of protection and utilization, Wushan will continue to strengthen protection. Earnestly implement the Convention on the Protection of world cultural and natural heritage, continuously improve the ability and level of heritage protection, protect the biological species of Wulipo Nature Reserve, maintain the authenticity and diversity of the entire nature reserve, and leave valuable natural resource wealth for future generations.
In addition, the local government will make full use of more than 100 cameras in wulipo national nature reserve to track the life of wild animals and wild plants in the nature reserve in real time. At the same time, accelerate the construction of a biodiversity science popularization center, with the help of vr, ar and other digital technologies, develop intelligent experience formats such as "Leaping Wulipo", and fully introduce the biodiversity value of Wulipo. Under the premise of complying with relevant regulations, science popularization and research activities will be carried out in a timely manner to let more citizens understand the outstanding universal value of Wulipo natural resources.
"On the basis of good protection, we should make good use of brand influence and fully explore the beautiful scenery along wuli slope." Cao Bangxing said. According to reports, along the Wulipo National Nature Reserve, there are many high-quality and beautiful scenery. Known as "Chongqing's last Shangri-La", The Onion Ping Wetland preserves more than 160 species of rare animals and plants such as golden snub-nosed monkeys, golden eagles, light-leaved trees, and yew trees. Along the Route of the Wulipo Grand Canyon, there are 9 waterfalls of different sizes and shapes.
Hu Zhiyi, deputy dean of the School of Geography and Tourism of Chongqing Normal University, said that the success of Wulipo's application for heritage means that a satisfactory "ecological answer sheet" has been submitted, and next, it is necessary to continue to practice the development concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", protect the forest resources of Wulipo Nature Reserve, build ecological protection corridors and biodiversity protection networks, so as to create the ecological brand of Wushan.
The geographical location of Wulipo
Make good use of the "heritage" card to develop global tourism
The person in charge of Wushan County said that in recent years, Wushan has conscientiously implemented the Yangtze River Economic Belt to jointly grasp great protection, not to engage in large protection, adhere to ecological priority and green development, vigorously develop eco-tourism and ecological health care, and promote urbanization, promote industrialization, promote precision of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization with the industrialization of tourism, truly realize the development of global tourism, and also drive the development of the entire county economy.
Tourism experts believe that after the successful application of Chongqing Wulipo, it has innovated the IP of Wushan Tourism, increased its brand content, and enhanced the popularity, reputation and influence of Wushan Tourism, "and also enriched the resources and formats of Chongqing-E'e Golden Triangle Tourism and Chongqing Northeast Tourism, which is of great significance for building the Yangtze River International Golden Tourism Belt." Hu Zhiyi said.
"This is a very good thing for Chongqing, from the perspective of tourism resources, Chongqing has another world-class brand." Yang Xiaoxia, director of the Tourism Research Institute of Southwest University, told Cover News.
Yang Xiaoxia suggested that without violating laws and regulations, it is necessary to rely on the brand of "World Natural Heritage" to carry out tourism development in the outer areas of Wulipo, such as eco-tourism and health tourism.
The scene of the press conference
At the press conference, Qin Dingbo, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism, proposed that the next step of the cultural tourism department will be to devote itself to the conservation of biodiversity and the development of resource uniqueness in tourism in northeast Chongqing, and vigorously develop some route products around the Wulipo World Heritage Site.
Specifically, the line products span Chongqing Municipality and Hubei Province, including 2 World Natural Heritage Sites, 3 national 5a-level tourist attractions, connecting the Wushan Small Three Gorges - Wulipo Grand Canyon - Shennongjia Dajiuhu Wetland Park - Three Gorges Dam Scenic Area, launching "one-day tour" and "multi-day tour" and other line products, and working together to create the "Yu'e Tourism Golden Triangle" golden signboard. "Creating a study route can allow college and secondary school students to learn more about the World Natural Heritage, so as to protect the natural heritage and spread the world natural heritage culture." Qin Dingbo said.
On the other hand, the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism will promote the construction of the Three Gorges International Golden Tourism Belt of the Yangtze River around the World Natural Heritage Site, make full use of the location advantages of Wanzhou District, Yunyang County, Fengjie County, Wushan County and other places, unite Yichang City, Shennongjia ForestRy District Government and other cities and counties in Hubei Province, make good use of the "Golden Character Signboard" of the World Natural Heritage Site, connect Wanzhou Waterfall, Yunyang Dragon Tank Scenic Area, Fengjie Qutang Gorge White Emperor City, Wushan Wuxia Goddess Scenic Area, etc., to provide tourists with a variety of tourism products such as "airplane + train + cruise ship + tourist bus". Polish the "Three Gorges Brand", strengthen the "Three Gorges Tour", and promote the construction of the Three Gorges International Golden Tourism Belt on the Yangtze River.
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