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'''Qomolangma National Nature Preserve''' (QNNP), also known as '''Chomolungma Nature Reserve''' (QNP) protects 3.381 million hectares of the central Himalaya in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of [[People’s Republic of China]]. "Qomolangma" is the Tibetan name for [[Mount Everest]].
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
| iucn_category = II
| photo = Mount Everest Natioanl Park 1.jpg
| photo_caption = Entrance Gate of the National Park
| map = China
| relief = 1
| location = [[Tibet Autonomous Region]], [[China]]
| nearest_city = [[Shigatse]]
| coordinates = {{coords|28|10|52|N|86|48|11|E|display=inline, title}}
| area = 36,000 km<sup>2</sup>
| established = March 18, 1989
| governing_body =
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The '''Qomolangma National Nature Preserve''' ('''QNNP'''), also known as the '''Chomolungma Nature Reserve''' ('''QNP'''), is a [[protected area]] 3.381 million hectares in size in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] of the [[People’s Republic of China]]. Located on the [[Roof of the World]] ("''Qomolangma''" is the [[Tibetic languages|Tibetan]] name for [[Mount Everest]]), the QNNP was one of the first nature preserves in the world to be administered and protected entirely by local volunteers. Through their continued efforts, significant achievements have been made in halting rampant [[Environmental issues in China#Deforestation|deforestation]], unregulated tourism and [[Poaching|illegal hunting]] of rare wildlife in the Qomolangma region. Active reforestation and garbage collection programs have also been undertaken to restore the environment.
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The preserve, initially named Qomolangma Nature Preserve, was created on March 18, 1989 at the Tibet regional level. Support from then Governor of Tibet, [[Hu Jintao]], was instrumental in shaping the community-based management design summarized below and also pushing through the landscape level size (in 1983, QNP was the largest nature reserve in Asia). In 1993, the [[State Council of the People’s Republic of China]] elevated its protection to the national level and the QNP became QNNP.<ref>Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006</ref>

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The protected area, initially named Qomolangma Nature Preserve, was created on March 18, 1989 at the Tibet regional level. Support from then-Governor of Tibet, [[Hu Jintao]], was instrumental in shaping the community-based management design summarized below and also pushing through the landscape level size (in 1983, QNP was the largest nature reserve in Asia). In 1993, the [[State Council of the People’s Republic of China]] elevated its protection to the national level and the QNP became QNNP.<ref>Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006</ref>


==Physical Aspects==
==Physical Aspects==
The QNNP contains along its border with [[Nepal]] four of the world's six highest mountains: [[Everest]], [[Lhotse]], [[Makalu]], and [[Cho Oyu]]. Also in this preserve is [[Shishapangma]], 14th highest, the only [[eight-thousander]] meter peak totally in China. The preserve holds [[Rongbuk Monastery]], the highest monastery in the world at 4,500 meters and the highest agricultural fields in the world at 4,300 meters. In addition, the preserve has key pilgrimage sites for Tibetan Buddhism’s most famous poet saint, [[Milarepa]].<ref>Robert L. Fleming Jr., Liu Wulin, Tsering Dorje ‘’Across the Tibetan Plateau’’ New York: WW Norton, 2007</ref>
The QNNP contains along its border with [[Nepal]] four of the world's six highest mountains: [[Everest]], [[Lhotse]], [[Makalu]], and [[Cho Oyu]]. Also in this preserve is [[Shishapangma]], the 14th highest in the world and the only [[eight-thousander]] peak exclusively in China. The preserve holds [[Rongbuk Monastery]], the highest monastery in the world at 4,500 meters and the highest agricultural fields in the world at 4,300 meters. In addition, the preserve has key pilgrimage sites for Tibetan Buddhism’s most famous poet saint, [[Milarepa]].<ref>Robert L. Fleming Jr., Liu Wulin, Tsering Dorje ‘’Across the Tibetan Plateau’’ New York: WW Norton, 2007</ref>


The contiguous trans-border protected area that has become appended to the QNNP links with five protected areas in [[Nepal]]. These are ([[Makalu-Barun National Park]], [[Sagarmatha National Park]], [[Langtang National Park]], [[Manaslu Conservation Area]], and [[Annapurna Conservation Area]] encompassing a total area of protected ecology greater than the land area of [[Switzerland]]—conserving multiple Himalayan ecosystems from very wet to very dry and from 1,000 feet of vertical elevation to 29,000 feet.
The contiguous trans-border protected area that has become appended to the QNNP links with five protected areas in [[Nepal]]. These are [[Makalu-Barun National Park]], [[Sagarmatha National Park]], [[Langtang National Park]], [[Manaslu Conservation Area]], and [[Annapurna Conservation Area]] encompassing a total area of protected ecology greater than the land area of [[Switzerland]]—conserving multiple Himalayan ecosystems from the very wet to the very dry and from 1,000 feet of vertical elevation to 29,000 feet. Not adjacent by easy migratory distance away from the QNNP are significant protected areas in [[Sikkim]], India, as well as the country of [[Bhutan]] which has over 40% of its land area protected.


==Management==
==Management==


QNNP is distinctive because no warden force protects its natural and cultural treasures. Management is by local communities, especially the governments of the four counties that comprise the preserve ([[Tingri]], Dinjie, Nyalam, Kyirong) with a Management Bureau in Shigatse, the prefecture headquarters. The four counties have a population estimated at over 90,000 people.<ref>Department of Forestry, ‘’Op. cit.’’</ref> The official data sheet provided by the QNNP administration reports over 2,000 species of plants, 53 species of mammals, 206 species of birds, eight species of amphibians, 10 species of fish. Forty-seven species of rare and endangered plants and animals.
QNNP is distinctive because no warden force protects its natural and cultural treasures. Management is by local communities, especially the governments of the four counties that comprise the preserve ([[Tingri County|Tingri]], Dinjie, Nyalam, Kyirong) with a Management Bureau in Shigatse, the prefecture headquarters. The four counties have a population estimated at over 90,000 people.<ref name=autogenerated1>Department of Forestry, ‘’Op. cit.’’</ref> The official data sheet provided by the QNNP administration reports over 2,000 species of plants, 53 species of mammals, 206 species of birds, eight species of amphibians, 10 species of fish. Forty-seven species of rare and endangered plants and animals.


While the norm in [[community-based conservation]] has been co-management by science and traditional peoples under a separate management structure for conservation, the QNNP represents another model where science and traditional join in political administration and there is no separate conservation administration.<ref>Daniel C. Taylor & Carl E. Taylor, ‘’Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures’’ Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002</ref>
While the norm in [[community-based conservation]] has been co-management by science and traditional peoples under a separate management structure for conservation, the QNNP represents another model where science and traditional join in political administration and there is no separate conservation administration.<ref>Daniel C. Taylor & Carl E. Taylor, ‘’Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures’’ Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002</ref>


Village volunteers known as ''Pendebas'' (Tibetan for “workers who benefit the village”) are trained in primary health, nutrition, and kitchen gardens, conservation concepts and management. Most of the 230 villages in the QNNP have sent at least one village member to be trained as a Pendeba.<ref>[http://www.pendeba.org/ www.pendeba.org]</ref> Continuing development of the Pendebas is being led by Tsering Norbu and the QNNP-based Pendeba Society, one of the few nonprofit organizations in rural [[Tibet Autonomous Region]].<ref>Daniel C. Taylor, Carl E. Taylor, Jesse O. Taylor, ‘’Empowerment on an Unstable Planet’’ New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, Chapter 9</ref>
Village volunteers known as ''Pendebas'' (Tibetan for “workers who benefit the village”) are trained in primary health, nutrition, and kitchen gardens, conservation concepts and management. Most of the 230 villages in the QNNP have sent at least one village member to be trained as a Pendeba.<ref>[http://www.pendeba.org/ www.pendeba.org]</ref> Continuing development of the Pendebas is being led by Tsering Norbu and the QNNP-based Pendeba Society, one of the few nonprofit organizations in rural [[Tibet Autonomous Region]].<ref>Daniel C. Taylor, Carl E. Taylor, Jesse O. Taylor, ‘’Empowerment on an Unstable Planet’’ New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, Chapter 9</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| title = Tibetans learn skills to increase family income
| work = Future Generations
| access-date = 2013-10-20
| date = 2011
| url = http://www.future.org/news/20110207/tibetans-learn-skills-increase-family-income
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110226001341/http://www.future.org/news/20110207/tibetans-learn-skills-increase-family-income
| archive-date = 2011-02-26
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>


==Formation==
==Formation==
The QNP was proposed in 1985 by [[Daniel C. Taylor]] to the Tibetan regional and Chinese national governments when essentially no protected land was designated in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. As the primary external advisers for two decades, Taylor and Chun-Wuei Su Chien worked first through [[The Mountain Institute]] and then through Future Generations [http://future.org/] to provide management assistance in scientific, social development, historical renovation, ecotourism planning, and initiation of the Pendeba Program.<ref>‘’ibid.’’</ref>
The Qomolangma National Nature Preserve was proposed in 1985 by [[Daniel C. Taylor]] to the Tibetan regional and Chinese national governments when essentially no protected land was designated in the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. As the primary external advisers for two decades, Daniel C. Taylor and Chun-Wuei Su Chien worked first through [[The Mountain Institute]] and then through Future Generations to provide management assistance in scientific, social development, historical renovation, ecotourism planning, and initiation of the [[Pendeba Program]].<ref>‘’ibid.’’</ref>

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Subsequent to formation of the QNNP, with the new land management model, land area of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] under national and regional protected status expanded steadily, utilizing the QNNP management model where local county administrations enforce the conservation policies and where people engage in conservation management as part of their livelihood activities. Presently, there are 23 national-level and regional-level designated nature reserves that collectively protect 42% of the region’s land area.<ref name=autogenerated1 />


It is included in the [[Sacred Himalayan Landscape]].<ref name=dnpwc>{{cite web|title=Sacred Himalayan Landscape|url=http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/index.php/sacred-himalayan-landscape|publisher=Government of Nepal - Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation|access-date=23 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612005331/http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/index.php/sacred-himalayan-landscape|archive-date=12 June 2013}}</ref>
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Subsequent to formation of the QNNP, with the new land management model, land area of the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] under national and regional protected status expanded steadily, utilizing the QNNP management model where local county administrations enforce the conservation policies and where people engage in conservation management as part of their livelihood activities. Presently, there are 23 national-level and regional-level designated nature reserves that collectively protect 42% of the region’s land area.<ref>Department of Forestry, ‘’Op. cit.’’</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
Entrance Gate of the National Park
Map showing the location of Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
Map showing the location of Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
LocationTibet Autonomous Region, China
Nearest cityShigatse
Coordinates28°10′52″N 86°48′11″E / 28.18111°N 86.80306°E / 28.18111; 86.80306
Area36,000 km2
EstablishedMarch 18, 1989

The Qomolangma National Nature Preserve (QNNP), also known as the Chomolungma Nature Reserve (QNP), is a protected area 3.381 million hectares in size in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. Located on the Roof of the World ("Qomolangma" is the Tibetan name for Mount Everest), the QNNP was one of the first nature preserves in the world to be administered and protected entirely by local volunteers. Through their continued efforts, significant achievements have been made in halting rampant deforestation, unregulated tourism and illegal hunting of rare wildlife in the Qomolangma region. Active reforestation and garbage collection programs have also been undertaken to restore the environment.

The protected area, initially named Qomolangma Nature Preserve, was created on March 18, 1989 at the Tibet regional level. Support from then-Governor of Tibet, Hu Jintao, was instrumental in shaping the community-based management design summarized below and also pushing through the landscape level size (in 1983, QNP was the largest nature reserve in Asia). In 1993, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China elevated its protection to the national level and the QNP became QNNP.[1]

Physical Aspects[edit]

The QNNP contains along its border with Nepal four of the world's six highest mountains: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu. Also in this preserve is Shishapangma, the 14th highest in the world and the only eight-thousander peak exclusively in China. The preserve holds Rongbuk Monastery, the highest monastery in the world at 4,500 meters and the highest agricultural fields in the world at 4,300 meters. In addition, the preserve has key pilgrimage sites for Tibetan Buddhism’s most famous poet saint, Milarepa.[2]

The contiguous trans-border protected area that has become appended to the QNNP links with five protected areas in Nepal. These are Makalu-Barun National Park, Sagarmatha National Park, Langtang National Park, Manaslu Conservation Area, and Annapurna Conservation Area encompassing a total area of protected ecology greater than the land area of Switzerland—conserving multiple Himalayan ecosystems from the very wet to the very dry and from 1,000 feet of vertical elevation to 29,000 feet. Not adjacent by easy migratory distance away from the QNNP are significant protected areas in Sikkim, India, as well as the country of Bhutan which has over 40% of its land area protected.

Management[edit]

QNNP is distinctive because no warden force protects its natural and cultural treasures. Management is by local communities, especially the governments of the four counties that comprise the preserve (Tingri, Dinjie, Nyalam, Kyirong) with a Management Bureau in Shigatse, the prefecture headquarters. The four counties have a population estimated at over 90,000 people.[3] The official data sheet provided by the QNNP administration reports over 2,000 species of plants, 53 species of mammals, 206 species of birds, eight species of amphibians, 10 species of fish. Forty-seven species of rare and endangered plants and animals.

While the norm in community-based conservation has been co-management by science and traditional peoples under a separate management structure for conservation, the QNNP represents another model where science and traditional join in political administration and there is no separate conservation administration.[4]

Village volunteers known as Pendebas (Tibetan for “workers who benefit the village”) are trained in primary health, nutrition, and kitchen gardens, conservation concepts and management. Most of the 230 villages in the QNNP have sent at least one village member to be trained as a Pendeba.[5] Continuing development of the Pendebas is being led by Tsering Norbu and the QNNP-based Pendeba Society, one of the few nonprofit organizations in rural Tibet Autonomous Region.[6][7]

Formation[edit]

The Qomolangma National Nature Preserve was proposed in 1985 by Daniel C. Taylor to the Tibetan regional and Chinese national governments when essentially no protected land was designated in the Tibet Autonomous Region. As the primary external advisers for two decades, Daniel C. Taylor and Chun-Wuei Su Chien worked first through The Mountain Institute and then through Future Generations to provide management assistance in scientific, social development, historical renovation, ecotourism planning, and initiation of the Pendeba Program.[8]

Subsequent to formation of the QNNP, with the new land management model, land area of the Tibet Autonomous Region under national and regional protected status expanded steadily, utilizing the QNNP management model where local county administrations enforce the conservation policies and where people engage in conservation management as part of their livelihood activities. Presently, there are 23 national-level and regional-level designated nature reserves that collectively protect 42% of the region’s land area.[3]

It is included in the Sacred Himalayan Landscape.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Department of Forestry, Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, ‘’Report on Protected Lands in the Tibet Autonomous Region’’ Lhasa: Tibet Autonomous Region Government Publishing House, 2006
  2. ^ Robert L. Fleming Jr., Liu Wulin, Tsering Dorje ‘’Across the Tibetan Plateau’’ New York: WW Norton, 2007
  3. ^ a b Department of Forestry, ‘’Op. cit.’’
  4. ^ Daniel C. Taylor & Carl E. Taylor, ‘’Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures’’ Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
  5. ^ www.pendeba.org
  6. ^ Daniel C. Taylor, Carl E. Taylor, Jesse O. Taylor, ‘’Empowerment on an Unstable Planet’’ New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, Chapter 9
  7. ^ "Tibetans learn skills to increase family income". Future Generations. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  8. ^ ‘’ibid.’’
  9. ^ "Sacred Himalayan Landscape". Government of Nepal - Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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