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January 22, 2019

Survey Results Reveal Global Importance of Beidagang Wetland

By Terry Townshend Nearly half a million birds have been logged at Beidagang Wetland, just 150km southeast of Beijing in Tianjin Municipality, revealing that this part of China’s coast is one of the most important...

December 10, 2018

Why We Are Welcoming Paulson Institute to the EAAFP

By Dr. Lew Young  The Paulson Institute (PI) became an official partner of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on December 10, joining 36 governments, international organizations, NGOs and private enterprises in a coalition committed...

October 24, 2018

Valuing Wetlands: The Ramsar Convention and Good Practice from China and Sri Lanka

By Terry Townshend From 21-29 October 2018 delegates from 170 governments and NGOs are gathered in Dubai for the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The Convention, adopted in...

August 29, 2018

New Directions for China’s National Parks

By Jonathan Jarvis In 1996 I traveled to the People’s Republic of China in a small delegation from the US National Park Service to exchange ideas with managers of China’s protected areas. We visited amazing...

August 9, 2018

China’s Coastal Wetlands Get a Second Chance

By Dietmar Grimm Globally, important wetlands are under threat. Case in point: along China’s coastline only about 40% of its temperate coastal ecosystems are left after 50 years of extensive development. These habitats protect people...

June 15, 2017

Too Much Love? Great Wall National Park, Beijing

China is creating its first system of national parks—to guarantee the protection of the country’s rich natural heritage, while allowing its people to experience the beauty of nature. This month, the Paulson Institute is hosting...

June 13, 2017

Rudy D’Alessandro on National Parks and China

China is creating its first system of national parks—a historic effort that will help protect the country’s rich natural heritage while allowing the public to experience the beauty of nature. The Paulson Institute is working...

June 7, 2017

A Peek into China’s National Park Pilot Sites

Located in Yunnan province, the Pudacuo National Park is part of a UNESCO World Heritage-protected region where the headwaters of Asia’s great rivers, the Jinsha (Yangtze), Lancang (Mekong) and Nujiang (Salween) run parallel through deep...

June 1, 2017

Creating Space for Innovation and the Market in China’s National Park System

By Li Zhu, Rose Niu, & Lucy Yu With more than a century's history behind them, national parks are a fixture in Americans’ lives. Key to the parks’ success—in contrast to the timelessness and constancy...

May 11, 2017

Unlock the Value of Sustainable Forest Product Sourcing

By Li Zhu and Rose Niu Many companies have long been persuaded that implementing a sustainability agenda is the right thing to do. But persuading shareholders and other stakeholders that sustainability is smart business—particularly when...