World Natural Heritage Nominated Property China Danxia The Management Plan Appendix 2 World Natural Heritage Nominated Property China Danxia THE MANAGEMENT PLAN THE LEADER GROUP FOR THE APPLICATION FOR WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE OF CHINA DANXIA December, 2008 i World Natural Heritage Nominated Property China Danxia The Management Plan CONTENTS FOREWORD ······················································································································································ 1 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ·················································································································· 3 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO NOMINATED SITES ································································································ 3 1.2 LOCATION AND SCOPE ······················································································································· 4 1.3 DESCRIPTION OF NOMINATED SITES ··································································································· 6 1.4 THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE AMONG NOMINATED SITES ·················································· 12 1.5 DESCRIPTION OF BUFFER ZONE ········································································································ 14 2 COMMENTS ON CURRENT SITUATION OF PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ·············· 16 2.1 HISTORY OF PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT IN NOMINATED SITES ················································ 16 2.2 THE TYPES AND EFFECT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ··············································································· 17 2.3 THE CURRENT PROTECTION AMONG NOMINATIONS ·········································································· 19 2.4 FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ····························································· 22 3 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ············································ 26 3.1 PLANNING’S FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION DEPARTMENTS ··················································· 26 3.2 PLANNING TIME LIMITED ················································································································· 26 3.3 PLANNING BASIS ······························································································································ 27 3.4 CONTENTS OF THE PLANNING ··········································································································· 29 3.5 PLANNING GUIDING IDEOLOGY ········································································································ 30 3.6 PLANNING GOALS ···························································································································· 31 4 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS AND PERSONNEL ······························································ 32 4.1 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS ······································································································ 32 4.2 MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND STAFF STRUCTURE OF NOMINATED SITES ······································· 33 4.3 ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONNEL STRUCTURE OF THE DECLARATION TO THE WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE ················································································································································ 35 4.4 THE OUTLOOK OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS OF HERITAGE AND THE STAFF STRUCTURE ···· 36 5 THE FINANCIAL GUARANTEE··········································································································· 41 5.1 THE FINANCIAL SOURCES ················································································································ 41 5.2 THE FINANCIAL EXPENDITURE ········································································································· 42 5.3 THE FINANCIAL GUARANTEE PROGRAM ·························································································· 44 6 LEGAL SAFEGUARD ······························································································································ 46 6.1 THE EXISTING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ········································································ 46 6.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT LAWS ···················································· 47 7 THE PROTECTION OF OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE ···················································· 48 i World Natural Heritage Nominated Property China Danxia The Management Plan 7.1 PROTECTION CONTENT ···················································································································· 48 7.2 PROTECTION ON GEOLOGICAL REMAINS AND GEOMORPHOLOGIC LANDSCAPE ································· 48 7.3 PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND HABITATS ················································································· 51 7.4 PROTECTION OF NATURAL LANDSCAPE ···························································································· 53 8 THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIFFERENT GRADE AND SUB-AREA ·········· 57 8.1 THE GRADED PROTECTION OF NOMINATION ······················································································ 57 8.2 ZONING MANAGEMENT IN NOMINATIONS ·························································································· 59 8.3 THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT STATION IN NOMINATIONS ························· 60 8.4 PROTECTION AND COORDINATION IN BUFFER ZONE ··········································································· 60 9 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL ······································································ 64 9.1 MONITORING AND PROTECTION OF WATER ENVIRONMENT ································································· 64 9.2 CONTROL OF ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT ····················································································· 65 9.3 CONTROL OF SOUND ENVIRONMENT ································································································· 66 9.4 ENVIRONMENT AND SANITATION CONTROL ······················································································· 67 10 TOURIST MANAGEMENT ·················································································································· 68 10.1 ANALYSIS OF TOURIST CAPACITY ··································································································· 68 10.2 ANALYSIS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ··························································································· 70 10.3 TOURIST SCALE CONTROL POLICY ·································································································· 72 10.4 TOURIST SERVICE SYSTEM AND TOURIST FACILITIES ········································································ 73 10.5 TOURIST SAFETY MANAGEMENT ··································································································· 74 11 PUBLICITY AND DISPLAY ·················································································································· 76 11.1 PUBLICITY OF THE NOMINATION PROPERTY ····················································································· 76 11.2 DISPLAY OF THE NOMINATION PROPERTY ························································································ 77 11.3 EDUCATION···································································································································· 78 12 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT ······························································ 82 12.1 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ·························································· 82 12.2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ························································································ 82 13 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ····················································································································· 86 13.1 ACHIEVEMENTS ······················································································································· 86 13.2 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PLAN ··········································································································· 92 13.3 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ······························································································· 93 13.4 THE MANAGEMENT OF POPULAR SCIENCE EDUCATION ·································································· 94 14 MONITORING IN NOMINATION ······································································································ 95 14.1 THE KEY INDICATORS TO MEASURE THE PROTECTION STATUS ·························································· 95 14.2 MONITORING ································································································································· 95 14.3 THE CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEM ······························································································ 96 14.4 THE IMPROVEMENT OF MONITORING SYSTEM ················································································ 99 15 PLANS AND BUDGETS······················································································································· 102 16 KEY REFERENCES ·····························································································································