GVB-UCAFEE Eco-community Projects Haiying Lin GVB Official Representative, ( UCAFEE Program Director, (

GVB and UCAFEE  Global Village of Beijing (GVB) is a leading Chinese environmental NGO that aim to promote public environmental movement and civil society development in China. Following GVB’ s advice, the Beijing Olympic Committee takes Green Community Developments as one of its major Olympic plans and popularize GVB model.  US-China Association for Environmental Protection (UCAFEE) is an emerging institution that serves as linkage between China and the west, fundraising and providing consultative training service for Chinese environmental education projects, with GVB as a base.

Participatory Rural Community Development Set up eco-development base in Duijiushi village, Yanqing County, Beijing

It Provides a Green-life Training Base for: Rural garbage sorting and recycling

Demonstration of Renewable Energy

Green Products/Concepts Exhibition

Environmental Training and Eco-Tour

Eco-tour for Demonstration, Education

Tourism and Rural Poverty-Alleviation: Stay in Farmer’s House

Biodiversity: Conservation & Development

Yunnan: World Heritage Site 26 Minor Nationalities Biodiversity

Yunnan Eco-cultural Project  Present how Chinese traditional cultural essences (Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucius) contribute to renewal of ecological values, conservation initiatives in our society.  The subprograms includes: eco-tourism, eco-culture renewal and preservation, eco- community development

Worship “Nature” God

Natual God In Dongba culture of Naxi Nationality, “nature” is worshiped as God, and their legend takes “nature” and “human” as brothers, peaceful if get along well; extinct if mutual slaughter.

Dongba Language Demonstrate Human relationship with Nature

Renewal of Eco-culture for Environmental Protection and Rural Development Primitive eco-experiences were accumulated through thousands of years’ adaptation to environment: animals domesticated and plants cultivated; human- made wetland by Hani and Yi nationality; biodiversity pool by Dai Nationality etc.

Daoism, Buddhism preach harmonization of human and nature. Many holy mountains, holy trees etc. were protected due to their reverence toward nature

Key Words of the Model 4E Concern  Environment  Education  Eco-village  Eco-tourism 4I management  Indicator  Information  integration Implementation

Key Words of the Model 4P Activities  Practice  Presentation  Pledge  Participation 4S Life Values  Simplicity  Spirituality  Sporting  Sustainability

Key Words of the Model  4C Opportunity  Community  Conservation  Culture  Capacity

LISU Market

Conflicting Values  There exists conflicting values on how to alleviate poverty in these remote areas with resourceful ethnic cultural heritages and biodiversity  Government show less attention of culture heritage protection, thinking minority groups should just give up their backward living style and be integrated in modern world.  Environmentalists are pushing eco-tourism as a way to lift living standards in these rural areas, target environment, culture protection and employment with one shoot.

Is eco-tourism a solution to eco-conservation and economic development of local minorities?