XINHUA COUNTY, China, Sept. 25, 2023 /CNW/ — As an necessary cultural heritage of humanity, terraces have nurtured agricultural civilizations, preserved biodiversity, and supplied meals and livelihoods. They’ve additionally carried human knowledge and historical past, demonstrating nice ecological, financial, social, and cultural worth.
Ziquejie Terraces, positioned in Xinhua County, Hunan Province, is included within the Globally Essential Agricultural Heritage Techniques (GIAHS) and the World’s Heritage Irrigation Buildings (WHIS). The United Nations Meals and Agriculture Group (FAO) has acknowledged 78 GIAHS worldwide, with China main with 19 of them.
On September twentieth, the “From Ziquejie Terraces to the World” — International Farming Tradition Change and Mutual Studying Convention was held in Xinhua County, Hunan Province. Over 100 members from China, the United Kingdom, the US, Thailand, Rwanda, Pakistan, and different international locations mentioned GIAHS and WHIS like Ziquejie Terraces. Related events collectively launched the Consensus on Terrace Preservation and Growth throughout the convention.
The Consensus requires figuring out and recording the places of terraces, selling typical circumstances, proactively and actively implementing insurance policies, respecting public opinions, and strengthening worldwide cooperation. It additionally advocates collectively enhancing the trade and mutual studying of farming tradition, exploring new methods to hurry up the preservation and growth of terraces, and contributing to the precept of “conservation as it’s, dynamic utilization, and built-in enterprise codecs” of terraces worldwide.
SOURCE International Farming Tradition Change and Mutual Studying Convention
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