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.
1. Background and Objectives
In order to commemorate the 48th World
Earth Day and respond to the United Nation’s International Year of Sustainable
Tourism for Development, a photography contest called ‘The Most Beautiful Landscapes on Earth’ was launched by the Chinese National Geoparks Network Centre. The contest aims to fully display the unique and magnificent stories of the Earth provided by Chinese
geoparks. It also intends to provide a better understanding and development of
the relationship between humanity and the Earth, strengthen geopark branding, and encourage
healthy and sustainable tourism. The public are asked to capture these stories
and features of Earth’s evolution and its relationship with the flora and fauna
by using their cameras.
2.
Theme
“The Most Beautiful Landscapes on Earth”
on World Earth Day
3.
Organizer
Sponsors:
Management Office of Science Popularization
Base of Land and Resources
Supporting organizations
Wuhan Geo-Tour Information Technology
Limited Company (Geoparker)
Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark
4.
Important dates
Photo submission: March 28 – April 11, 2017
Polling period: April 12 – April 18, 2017
Result announcement: April 22, 2017
5.
Participants
Every geopark tourist and photography lover.
6.
Participation
The photography contest welcomes the
participation of every geopark visitor. Every visitor has the opportunity to
participate and vote.
6.1 Interested visitors are requested to
sign up through the ‘Contest Column’ of the official WeChat accounts of their
visited geoparks, followed by uploading entries or scanning the QR code of
posters to take part in the photography contest.
6.2 All entries will eventually be displayed on the official WeChat account of the Chinese National Geoparks Network Centre (CGN) and then voted on by netizens. Voters need to note the WeChat ID number of CGN.
6.3 All selected works will be publicized
and displayed on the official WeChat accounts of geoparks on a long-term basis.
7.
Requirements
7.1 The picture should comply with the main
theme by highlighting the harmonious development between human beings and nature of
Chinese geoparks taking into consideration their aesthetic, science
popularization and artistic value. There are no requirements on the types of
equipment, methods and formats used to take the pictures.
7.2 Entries must reflect the truth and
originality of the photographed subject. Simple adjustment and cropping are
permitted but synthesizing and major modifications through digital technology
are strictly prohibited.
7.3 Minimum size of each entry must be
greater than 1MB. It can be in JPG format, with metadata preserved (EXIF
parameter).
7.4 Each participant must keep the original
e-file of the entry for future use and reference.
7.5 The participant shall assume
responsibility of any issues of copyright, liabilities and all incurred legal
costs. No previously submitted entries to the other photography contests or
published works will be accepted and the participant will be immediately
disqualified upon discovery of such violations.
7.6 All entries must be original works. If
not, the participant will be immediately disqualified and the organizer reserves
the right to take legal action against him/her.
7.7 Each entry can be in a single picture
or a series of pictures of not more than nine. A series of pictures is regarded
as one entry. There is no limitation on the number of entries submitted by the
participant. Each entry should bear a name and an illustration or story.
7.8 There is no participation fee but the
organizer will own the copyright of the entries for futures uses in
publication, exhibition and promotion activities, without paying remuneration.
8.
Selection
8.1 Openness and fairness are the basic
principles of the contest. 100 pictures will be selected based on the voting of
netizens on WeChat.
8.2 Thirty best pictures will be selected
by the organizer
8.3 The organizer will form an assessment
team comprising experts to select winners of the first, second, third and
honorable prizes.
8.4. The CGN will invite photography
experts and geologists to form the assessment team to evaluate all entries and
the right to make the final decision on selection.
5. Any queries, please contact:
010-68999623
9.
Prizes
Two first prizes ($2,000 and certificate)
Three second prizes ($800 and certificate)
Five third prizes ($600 and certificate)
Twenty Strong Contestant prizes ($200 and certificate)
Seventy runners up prizes (certificate and trophy)
The copyright of all award-winning works
will be owned by the sponsor. The awards list will be published on the official
website and WeChat account of the CGN and the website of the management office
of Science Popularization Base of Land and Resources. A participant cannot win
more than one prize. Award-winning pictures will be displayed on the media
platforms of the
All prize-winners will be awarded two
entry tickets to Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark and one flight experience
offered by Dajiang UAV at the
10.
Usage of award-winning works
Award-winning works will be used on:
official websites and international promotion activities of UNESCO Global
Geoparks Network (GGN), Chinese National Geoparks Network Center (CGN), Science
Popularization Bases of Ministry of Land and Resources, Geoparker Community and
other promotion channels.
11.
Other
Wuhan Geo-Tour Information Technology
Limited Company (Geoparker) provides full technical support to the contest.
Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark provides
tickets as awards for the finalists.
Contacts:
Contact persons: Zhiguang Zhang 18911137327
Wenyan
Sun 13426027360
Hao
Feng 13381157690
Telephones: 010-68999623;010-68999860
Email: cgn@cags.ac.cn
March 28, 2017
Introduction
to the sponsor and network technology support of the photography contest
The photography contest is sponsored by
CGN. Wuhan Geo-Tour Information Technology Limited Company (Geoparker) has set up an exclusive entry registration and exhibition page on the official WeChat
accounts of the geoparks and provides full technical support to cloud
storage services as well as the design of posters.
Please contact Geoparker regarding technical support associated with the photography contest.
Contacts: Honggang Su
Phone: 133-4983-7177
Email: suhonggang@geoparker.cn
QQ: 128182767
Scan and note the ID account number of the
of CGN and submit entries by clicking WeChat!
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