With
the theme of “Cherish the Earth, and Man and Nature Coexist Harmoniously”, the
51st World Earth Day is coming. Focusing on the activity theme,
Tianzhushan Geopark Administrative Committee is soliciting article event
together with Forestry Bureau of Qianshan City and Tianzhushan Geopark Museum,
aiming to arouse the public, especially students, the awareness of protecting
the earth and living harmoniously with the nature.
Ancient trees are
important natural,historical and cultural heritages with extremely
important ecological, cultural and social values, known as living cultural
relics. Tianzhushan UNESCO Global Geopark has taken multiple measures to
strengthen the protection and management of ancient and famous trees, to
promote the identification and listing of ancient and famous trees in an
orderly manner, and to actively strengthen publicity, management, protection
and scientific utilization.
The first
measure is to conduct basic investigations. According to the statistics, 160
trees of 23 species and 14 families can be included in the ancient tree
protection list in Tianzhushan (excluding the ancient tree group). Among them, Pinus taiwanensis has the largest number
of 94. Liquidambar formosana, Celtis
sinensis and Sabina chinensis can
also be found in Tianzhushan UGGp. Among them, there are 4 first-grade ancient
trees of 4 species, 15 second-grade ancient trees of 8 species, and 141
third-grade ancient trees of 20 species.
The second is to
improve the explanation system. Recently, visitors to Tianzhushan UNESCO Global
Geopark have found that many towering trees have new identity cards.
Tianzhushan UGGp has upgraded its plant signage system. The new signage takes
the owl as the background and expresses the theme of harmonious coexistence of
animals and plants. Pinyin and QR code information have been added. At the same
time, explanatory boards about water system, vegetation distribution, rare and
endangered plants and key protected plants have been set up on the important
platforms.
The third is to
carry out research on ancient and famous trees. Tianzhushan UGGp has cooperated
with Anhui University and Anqing Normal University to carry out research on
ancient and famous trees protection project. In recent years, a number of
research topics have been carried out, and the next step is to plan to carry
out research on water use mechanism of Pinus
taiwanensis.
The fourth is
scientific protection. Ancient and famous trees protection experts from Anhui
Province were invited to formulate protection policies. The protection concept
of "one tree, one policy" has been practiced, and the protection
measures of "daily protection, regular monitoring, expert consultation,
emergency response, and scientific management and protection" have been
standardized and implemented. A biological protection system has been set up,
and scientific research and monitoring activities related to biodiversity
conservation have been continuously carried out. Ancient and famous trees
databases and archives have been set up on the Wisdom Tianzhushan platform to
check and evaluate the growth of ancient and famous trees on a regular basis.