BEIJING: China has maintained its lead of having the largest number of Global Geoparks in the world, with an additional two sites being listed as Global Geoparks by UNESCO.
On Thursday night local time in Paris, Kanbula in China’s northwestern province of Qinghai and Yunyang in Chongqing were approved as Global Geoparks at the ongoing 221st session of UNESCO’s Executive Board, according to a release by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Friday.
With the two new sites, China is now home to 49 Global Geoparks, more than any other country. The nation’s other UNESCO Global Geoparks include Dali-Cangshan in the southwestern province of Yunnan, Huangshan in the eastern province of Anhui and Mount Changbaishan in the northeastern province of Jilin.
According to the release, Kanbula is located in Qinghai’s Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, at the northeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and covers an area of about 315,000 hectares.
Kanbula features examples of the ocean-continent transition process with well-preserved ancient geological structures and layers.
It is renowned not only for the Danxia Landforms and magnificent Yellow River views, but also for diversified cultures and the harmonious coexistence of environmental protection and human activities, said the release. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
