Study On Protection And Management Of South China Karst World Natural Heritage

Karst landform is not only a unique geological landform, butthe protection sites mainly including karst landform hasoutstanding universal value, reflecting the exceptional aestheticvalue, the examples of main stages in the earth evolutionary history,the rich biodiversity value and ecological value. Therefore, it isvital significant to conserve Outstanding Universal Value of the“South China Karst”. Nomination of South China Karst is asystematic, comprehensive and complex research, which haveexperienced decades long. This research has been made on the basisof previous results, theory study during my master’s period as wellas field mission comeouts. The core of this paper is to pay attentionto studying the present situation on the protection and managementof "South China Karst" World Natural Heritage. Through thecomparative analysis and foreign successful experience asreferences, based on geography, tourism, ecology, culture and othermulti-disciplinary theories and methods, we explore an effectivepath for the protection of resources in "South China Karst" WorldNatural Heritage. The main conclusions are as follows:1. Current status of conservation and management of “SouthChina Karst” shows that: The whole project satisfies integrity.All heritage sites are clear marked, covering the areas and bufferzone for showing all the necessary elements of the natural beauty,geomorphic features and landform evolutionary value, includingfengcong, fenglin, mesa landform and pure dolomite karst and otherspecial landforms, as well as the aesthetic landscapes from theseunique landforms. The heritage, with a large enough area and heightdifference, ensures the integrity of the strata, tectonic,geomorphic, hydrologic geology. And it is long-term protected bythe relevant national and local laws and regulations due to itsnational protective attributes.2. Comparative analysis on factors and challenges of conservation and management of “South China Karst” shows that:Different contents and ways of influences or threats from naturaland human aspects has experienced by the heritage. But it is neitherfrequently happens nor cause badly effects. Farming, tourismdevelopment, lumbering and hunting are mainly human activities thatshould be banned. Relevant organizations and governmentdepartments have implemented countermeasures concerning thoseabove problems; and promoted monitoring mechanism on earthquake,forest fire, windstorm; and constructed pest control stations.Therefore, neither natural factors nor human activities would haveinfluenced Outstanding Universal Value radically of “South ChinaKarst”. But it is still a conservation and management challengefor countermeasure formulation from both aspects in the heritage(nominated component sites).3. The scientific research of "South China Karst" is systematicand comprehensive, with detailed research records and abundantresearch results. The investigation and research work should bedone focused on the scientific issues related to the variousdisciplines. At the same time, to rely on the scientific researchinstitutes and universities, strengthen the further research onscientific problems, and further increase the intensity of theresearch, exploring and mining the values. The scientific researchachievements will be shown in the form of scientific research papers,monographs, further to improve the publicity of heritage (nominatedcomponent sites) in the academic field. In heritage sites, they allhave formulated relevant conservation plans. In different plans,from different perspectives and levels, the specific regulationsand requirements about management and protection were put forward.However, there are relatively no perfect and practical laws andregulations concerning heritage conservation, which madelegislation of Laws and Regulations concerning World Heritage Conservation imperative.4. Strengthen the study about the protection of outstandinguniversal value in "South China Karst", analyze the related rolesof the protection management of "South China Karst"(nominatedsites) and the current situation and problems of"responsibility-right-benefit" combined management. Based onsummarizing and referring to the management experience of foreignnatural heritage, create the management model of "South ChinaKarst", and the model is to protect the outstanding universal valueof heritages, and also involves the roles of the local government,heritage management bureau, tourism enterprises, ethnic minoritiesand the third force, presenting the interactive relationship. Basedon straightening out the related relations, propose the protectionand management mode of "system in charge of outstanding universalvalue+the unified management+government support+third partysupervision+active cooperation of local people”. At present,because of lacking conservation and management guidelines for karstprotected areas, as well as special geo-characters and few studyresults of domestic karst-like world heritage sites, TechnicalConservation and Management Regulations Concerning the South ChinaKarst World Natural Heritage needs to be formulated urgently.