China's Tianmu Mountain reserve tackles modern conservation amid religious tradition
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The Qingliangfeng National Nature Reserve on eastern China's Tianmu Mountain expanded from 4,300 hectares to 54,700 hectares in 2025, becoming the Tianmushan-Qingliangfeng UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve—China's first expansion of its kind—while integrating Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian conservation traditions with formal state protections.
The reserve faces ongoing challenges including pine wilt disease and climate-driven shifts in forest composition; co-management is advancing but historical land disputes required legal resolution.
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