{"id":2217,"date":"2016-03-21T15:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:36:16","slug":"wudalianchi-nature-reserve-wins-unesco-conservation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/china\/wudalianchi-nature-reserve-wins-unesco-conservation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Wudalianchi Nature Reserve Wins UNESCO Conservation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wudalianchi nature reserve in\u00a0China&#8217;s Heilongjiang Province has won a UNESCO conservation award.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>UNESCO&#8217;s Michel Batisse Award was awarded to\u00a0Wudalianchi at the Fourth World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Peru. The esteemed prize, awarded every two years in memory of Dr Michel Batisse, is given for excellence in the management of biosphere reserves according to the recommendations of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/natural-sciences\/environment\/ecological-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seville Strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to China&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.people.cn\/n3\/2016\/0321\/c90883-9033051.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People&#8217;s Daily<\/a>, a documentary about\u00a0Wudalianchi was aired at the ceremony. This documentary depicted the challenges of managing its delicate ecosystem and China&#8217;s success at creating solutions to tackle\u00a0these environmental challenges\u00a0head on.<\/p>\n<p>Wudalianchi&#8217;s has now been formally recognised as China&#8217;s best example of conservation and sustainable development, which will help the country on its way to becoming a greener Economy. This has recently been unveiled\u00a0in their Five Year Plan, which for the first time lays great emphasis on the environment and tackling problems with increasing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<h2>Wudalianchi&#8217;s Award: Great for Tourism<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2224\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wudalianchi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2224\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wudalianchi.jpg\" alt=\"wudalianchi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wudalianchi.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wudalianchi-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em>File Photo from People&#8217;s Daily<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s now expected that tourism to the Wudalianchi nature reserve will rise &#8211; and efforts to continue its conservation will double. Located 350km north of the city of Harbin, tourists can take a bus or train to the entrance and continue their tour of the reserve by private minivan. Tourists on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/china\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=wudalianchi\">China holidays<\/a>\u00a0will not only discover clear-blue\u00a0lakes and stunning forests, but also many local\u00a0<span id=\"IL_AD6\" class=\"IL_AD\">Buddhist temples.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/mabdb\/br\/brdir\/directory\/biores.asp?mode=all&amp;code=CPR+23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNESCO&#8217;s data<\/a> from 2007 quotes that 56,730 people live in the Wudalianchi nature reserve, and their cultural customs can be seen all around it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also expected that scientific tourism will\u00a0grow exponentially. Biologists will be encouraged to study the biodiversity of the reserve. The area is rich in volcanic soil as\u00a0Wudalianchi is home to Asia&#8217;s youngest volcanic field, allowing for a wide range of plant species to flourish in its mineral rich ground.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/brochures\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=wudalianchi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/brochure_btn.png\" alt=\"brochure_btn\" width=\"228\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/china\/tours\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=wudalianchi\">escorted tour of China<\/a>\u00a0with the UK&#8217;s leading China Experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.uk\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=wudalianchi\">Wendy Wu Tours<\/a>. Our award winning escorted, fully inclusive China tours visit all the major sights of China for an unforgettable holiday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also have amazing tours to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Japan, India and beyond&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wudalianchi nature reserve in\u00a0China&#8217;s Heilongjiang Province has won a UNESCO conservation award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,62,60,29],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-china-news","tag-nature","tag-sightseeing","tag-unesco-heritage-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wudalianchi Nature Reserve | Wendy Wu 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