April 22, 2023 is the 54th World Earth Day, and the theme of this year's Earth Day is "Cherish the Earth, Harmony between Man and Nature". To further guide the whole society to establish the ecological civilization concept of "respecting nature, adapting to nature and protecting nature", promote the construction of beautiful Qianshan, and jointly build an earth home where people and nature live in harmony, Tianzhushan Global Geopark and Shuzhou Primary School of Qianshan City will jointly hold a series of thematic publicity activities for the World Earth Day 2023.
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From Sep. 12 to Sep. 15, the 2nd Huangshan
Dialogue on UNESCO Sites and Sustainable Development, organized by the HIST
Category 2 centre under the auspices of UNESCO and the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, and supported by the Mount Huangshan Administrative Committee, was
held in Huangshan. More than 150 experts from 30 countries covering the world
heritage sites, biosphere reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks attended the
dialogue, including a representative of Tianzhushan.
The dialogue released Huangshan
Declaration, which says more than 1800 UNESCO designated sites around the world
--- World Heritage Sites, biosphere reserves and Global Geoparks are impacted
by climate change, and can play a significant role in understanding, adapting
to and mitigating these impacts.
Dr. Marielza Oliveira, Director of the
UNESCO Beijing Office, noted that UNESCO designated sites are demonstration
sites for sustainability in action, showing how safeguarding of natural and
cultural heritage takes place in practice, supported by sustainable local
development, education and research.
More than 150 participants including 46
experts from countries around the world discussed exchange, cooperation and new
initiatives that link UNESCO designated sites to strengthen the global
understanding of climate change.
