Evaluation Form of World Biosphere reserve [January, 2013] Preface In accordance with the 28 C/2.4 resolution in the Law Framework of “Plan for Man and Biosphere” passed in the Twenty-eighth Conference of the UNESCO, Article 4 specifies the standards that should be abided by regions, designated as biosphere reserves. Besides, Article 9 stipulates that a ten-year evaluation is conducted every nine years which is based on the report prepared by authorities concerned and the result will be submitted to the Secretariat of countries concerned. Attachment 3 encloses texts related to Law Framework. This form helps countries prepare the state reports stipulated by Article 9, and updates data so that the Secretariat can obtain data related to biosphere reserves. This report must be helpful for the ICC of MAB to inspect biosphere reserves, and to see whether standards specified in the Article 9, especially the three functions are fulfilled. What must be noted is that how biosphere reserves fulfill all standards is required to be pointed out in the last part (standards and job schedule). Information from this ten-year evaluation will be used by the UNESCO for the following objectives: (a) Serves the inspection of biosphere reserves conducted by the ICC and departments related to the ICC of MAB: (b) Serves global information systems, especially networks and publications of Man and Biosphere by the UNESCO so as to facilitate the exchange between different people with a focus on biosphere reserves and exert a mutual impact. If any part of this report has a necessity to be confidential, please specify. This form is composed of the following three parts: y Part 1 is the abstract, focusing on pointing out that the major changes took place during the period of the report. y Part 2 gives a detailed narration which is related to properties of humankind, physics and biology, and systems. y Part 3 consists of two attachments (A), Attachment 1(A.1) being used to update the contents of biosphere reserves in the MAB network and Attachment 2 to provide the fax number and communication materials related to biosphere reserves (A.2.). Attachment 3 is the law framework of the network of World Biosphere reserve. Please provide a maximum of materials and supportive documents, especially: ¾ A clear map (refer to 2.3.1); ¾ Law texts in terms of regions Application forms should be filled in English, French or Spanish. Two pieces of them must be submitted to the Secretariat, and specific provisions are as follows: 1. The original or copy has an original signature, a certificate of approval, a regional map and supportive documents. Documents are submitted to the Secretariat via an official channel of the UNESCO such as the National Council of the UNESCO and its permanent delegates: 2. An evaluation form and an electronic version (a floppy disc and CD) of map. The electronic one can be directly sent to the Secretariat of Man and Biosphere: UNESCO Department of Ecology and Geo-science 1, rue Miollis F-75352 Paris Cedex 15, France (Paris, France) Telephone Number: + 33 (0) 1 45 68 40 67 Fax Number: + 33 (0) 1 45 68 58 04 E-mail: [email protected] www.unesco.org/mab 2 Contents Part 1: Contents Part 2: A Ten-year Evaluation Report 1. Biosphere reserve 5 2. Changes in the biosphere reserve over the past ten years: 6 3 . Ecosystem services: 13 4. Protection functions: 14 5. Development function: 19 6 . logistic function: 21 7. Biosphere reserve management and coordination: 26 8. Standards and Job Schedule: 32 9. Supportive documents 38 10 . Address 39 Attachments Attachment 1: Contents of the Man and Biosphere Network of the Biosphere reserve 30 Attachment 2: Materials of Publicity and Communication 35 Attachment 3: Law Framework of the World Network of the Biosphere Reserve 40 UNESCO- MAB Program – Ten years evaluation for the biosphere reserve——Jan.2013 3 Part 1 Abstract (a) Name of the biosphere reserve: Dalai Lake Biosphere reserve (b) Country: China (c) Time of passing: December 16, 2002 (d) Time of former evaluations: No (e) If your answer is yes, please show the viewpoints of the former evaluations from the MAB- ICC: None (f) What follow-ups were adopted; if they are not completed/ launched, please explain it. None (g) Improvements of the measures to fulfill the biosphere reserve’s objectives. None (h) Please brief on the schedule of this ten-year evaluation Summarize the ten-year work of Dalai Lake Biosphere reserve →fill and submit the “Evaluation Form of World Biosphere reserve” to the Department of Ecology and Geo- science of the UNESCO → accept an evaluation notice from the Secretariat of China Committee, World Biosphere, the UNESCO → commence preparing the ten-year evaluation conference of the World Biosphere reserve → decide on leaders of the National Council of Man and Biosphere of China and members of its panel to be invited to this evaluation activity (i) Areas and space configuration: Data of last Recommended changes report( nomination or If recommended evaluation form) （ ） Acreage of the core area of 75791hm2 None land Acreage of the Buffer Area of 38534hhm2 None land Acreage of the transitional 625675hm2 None area of land Acreage of the core area of None None ocean Acreage of the buffer area of None None ocean Acreage of the transitional None None area of ocean 1.Population in the biosphere reserve: Data of last Current data（please explain report(nomination or the date from census or other evaluation form) sources） Core area (permanent and 106/0 13 families…28 seasonal) UNESCO- MAB Program – Ten years evaluation for the biosphere reserve——Jan.2013 4 Buffer area（permanent and 236/57 133 families/…266 seasonal） Transitional area（permanent 11020/750 A total of 650 families， and seasonal） 1579/192 2. Ongoing or planned budgets (fund and main sources of the special fund), international, regional or national projects/plans. Budget and data of last Current budget report(nomination or evaluation form ) Source of fund: a total of 800,000 Source of fund: the central government, The yuan from the country, the Department of Forestry of Inner Mongolia autonomous region and the local Autonomous Region and Hulun Buir City. government; Their corresponding Annual budget proportions are 19%, 6%, and A total of Ten years （2003——2012） 75%. A total investment of 53,750,000 yuan includes the following parts: Fund for basic construction from the central government is 18,670,000 yuan, accounting for 34.74% of the total amount; Special fund for wetland protection from the central government is 6,000,000 yuan, taking up 11.16% of the total amount; Special subsidy fund from the central government is 1,400,000 yuan, occupying 2.60 % of the total amount; Special subsidy fund from the Department of Forestry of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is 1,460,000 yuan, 2.71% of the total amount; Supporting fund for basic construction from the Reserve is 1,900,000 yuan, 3.54% of the total amount; Fund from the Hulun buir City is 24,320,000 yuan, 45.25% of the total amount。 Among them, 18,880,000 yuan goes to personnel fund, 3,660,000 to public fund and 1,830,000 yuan to special fund. Annual budget of 2012 Annual budget totals 11,090,000 yuan. Among them, fund for basic construction from the central government is 6,220,000 yuan, 56.09% of the total amount; Fund from the Hulun Buir City is 4,870,000 yuan, 43.91% of the total amount. Among them, 4,080,000 yuan goes to personnel fund, 570,000 yuan to public fund and 210,000 yuan to special fund. UNESCO- MAB Program – Ten years evaluation for the biosphere reserve——Jan.2013 5 3. International, regional, bilateral or multilateral cooperation framework. If applicable, please explain the contributions the biosphere reserve made to attaining objectives, and putting the development mechanisms of documents into use such as international and regional bilateral or multilateral treaties and conventions. a. On March 29, 1994, a treaty related to the establishment of a common nature reserve among China, Mongolia and Russia was signed among the Bureau of Environmental Protection of PRC, the Ministry of Nature and Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Nature Conservation and Natural Resources of Russian Federation; b. On December 26, 2005, a treaty aimed to establish sister reserve ties was signed between Dalai Lake World Biosphere reserve of Inner Mongolia and Xishuangbanna World Biosphere reserve of Yunnan; c. On April 5, 2006, a cooperation agreement aimed to make concerted efforts to establish a meteorological wetland monitoring station was signed between Hulun Buir Bureau of Meteorology and Dalai Lake State Nature Reserve Administration Bureau of Inner Mongolia; d. On October 1, 2007, a treaty was signed among ten wetland reserves such as Dalai Lake Nature Reserve of Inner Mongolia, Zhalong Nature Reserve of Helongjiang, Sanjiang Nature Reserve of Helongjiang, Shuangtai Hekou Nature Reserve of Liaoning, Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve, Dongtan Nature Reserve of Chongming, Boyang Lake Nature Reserve of Jiangxi, Southern Dongting Lake Nature Reserve of Hunan, Neilingding Futian Nature Reserve of Guangdong and Dongzhaigang Nature reserve of Hainan, forming” a sister reserve network of southern China migratory birds”; e. On May 28, 2008, an cooperation memo of the management of the park and the nature reserve of the department of entertainment was signed between the Department of Forestry of Inner Mongolia of PRC and Alberta Tourism of Canada; f. On September 25, 2010, a treaty was signed between Dalai Lake Nature Reserve of Inner Mongolia and Shengjin Lake of Anhui, aimed to establish sister reserve ties; g.