One of the most densely populated places on the planet wants a national park system. Can China balance conservation and the livelihoods of those who live near proposed park boundaries? Read and watch:
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In August, policymakers and scientists from China, the United States and other countries convened in Xining, capital of the country’s Qinghai province, to discuss China’s plans to create a unified park system with clear standards for limiting development and protecting ecosystems. One of the first pilot parks will be in Qinghai, a vast region in western China abutting Tibet and sharing much of its cultural legacy. The area also is home to such iconic and threatened species as the snow leopard and Chinese mountain cat, and encompasses the headwaters of three of Asia’s great waterways: the Yangtze, Yellow and Mekong Rivers.
“China has a dense population and a long history,” Zhu says. “One of the unique features of China’s national parks is that they have local people living either inside or nearby.” But in developing the national parks, the government is giving conservation-related jobs to at least a swath of people living in Sanjiangyuan to stay and work on their land. The “One Family, One Ranger” program hires one person per family for 1800 yuan a month to perform such tasks as collecting trash and monitoring for poaching or illegal grazing activity.
A-Ta says he is grateful for work that allows his family to stay on their land, even as people in other parts of Qinghai have had to leave. His own son is employed leading a relocation program for “a huge population of nomads” in Dzarto, a county in southern Qinghai. As he affixes a camera trap to a thin tree trunk, he explains, “The reason why it has to be installed in this location is because this is the main migration route of the majority of wild animals.”
From his main work raising livestock and collecting caterpillar fungus, Kunchok Jangtse says he can make about 20,000 yuan a year. He is grateful for the additional income from the ranger program, but mainly hopes his other livelihood won’t be impeded — and that he won’t eventually be forced to leave.
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