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Funding National Parks

Rose Niu interviewed: Protecting China’s biodiversity

China’s First National Park

The Birth of China’s National Park System

The Paulson Institute’s Chief Conservation Officer, Rose Niu Discusses the Birth of China’s National Park System at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC By Li Zhu, Director of Conservation, The Paulson Institute While China’s economic...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

International Conference on Best Practices for China’s National Park System

An international conference on sharing best practices and ideas worldwide for establishing China’s National Park System was held recently by the Paulson Institute, in collaboration with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), facilitated by...