Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Bai Bo
During the Second World Bamboo and Rattan Conference, the UNESCO Representative Office in China and International Bamboo and Rattan Organization jointly held an online seminar on the theme of "Bamboo Township Carbon Scheme: A New Path to Carbon Reduction and Low Carbon Development in World Heritage Sites". The event is also the third session of the UNESCO "New Horizons in Heritage Protection" series.

Xia Zehan, a representative of the UNESCO representative office in China, delivered a speech
UNESCO's Action Strategy on Climate Change 2018-2021, proposes that appropriate ways to deal with climate change should be used to utilize heritage and cultural diversity. This year, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the " Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage", UNESCO proposed the initiative of "The Next 50 Years: World Heritage as a Source of Humanity Spirit, Resilience and Innovation" to encourage the exploration of the huge potential of heritage in promoting sustainable development.
seminar was chaired by Yang Bixing, Director of Cultural Programs of UNESCO, and Professor of , School of Tourism of Sun Yat-sen University and Zhang Chaozhi, Chairman of the UNESCO Directory of Sustainable Tourism of Heritage Sites. It discussed the role of world heritage sites in responding to climate change, and discussed how to implement the concept of "harmonious coexistence between man and nature" by creating a low-carbon and sustainable environment, developing low-carbon cultural tourism, carrying out heritage education and value dissemination, etc., and promote 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Deputy Director-General of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization Lu Wenming delivered a speech
According to the person in charge of relevant heritage sites and protection areas, China has supported the monitoring of carbon sink metrology and monitoring of forests, grasslands, wetlands and other carbon sinks in recent years, encouraged the development of qualified carbon sink projects into greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction projects, and explored the establishment of an ecological protection compensation mechanism that reflects the value of carbon sinks. At present, many work have been carried out to actively explore low-carbon and sustainable management paths for low-carbon carbon reduction development and sustainable management.
"New Horizons for Heritage Protection" series of online lectures was held under the framework of the UNESCO- China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star Wishing Fund "Protection and Management of China's World Heritage Sites" IV (2021-2024), aiming to conduct forward-looking dialogue and exchanges on heritage protection, sustainable development, climate change and other related topics, and provide the managers, inheritors, local communities, cultural experts, practitioners and young people of the world heritage site with the latest knowledge and good practices in the Chinese context to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage.