Demonstration Project of Community Participatory Coral Reef Conservation and Sustainable Island Tourism in Weizhou Island, Guangxi
Baseline information:
Weizhou Island is located in the middle of Beibu Gulf, Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bordering Beihai City, Guangxi in the north, Leizhou Peninsula in the east, Xieyang Island in the southeast, Hainan Island across the sea in the south and Vietnam in the west. It has a total area of 26.88 square kilometers and a coastline of 36.6 kilometers, and has a good natural harbor and a large area of clean and open beaches. Beibu Gulf, including Weizhou Island, is one of the four famous fishing grounds in China that are rich in fishery resources. Weizhou Island is formed by volcanic eruption, and its sea erosion landform is abnormally developed. Pure natural beaches, blue sea water and ancient volcanoes embrace together around the island. Located in the subtropical region, the climate there belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, which is more balanced than other regions. Generally speaking, Weizhou Island has suitable climatic conditions, warm
Weizhou Island is located in the middle of Beibu Gulf, Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, bordering Beihai City, Guangxi in the north, Leizhou Peninsula in the east, Xieyang Island in the southeast, Hainan Island across the sea in the south and Vietnam in the west. It has a total area of 26.88 square kilometers and a coastline of 36.6 kilometers, and has a good natural harbor and a large area of clean and open beaches. Beibu Gulf, including Weizhou Island, is one of the four famous fishing grounds in China that are rich in fishery resources. Weizhou Island is formed by volcanic eruption, and its sea erosion landform is abnormally developed. Pure natural beaches, blue sea water and ancient volcanoes embrace together around the island. Located in the subtropical region, the climate there belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, which is more balanced than other regions. Generally speaking, Weizhou Island has suitable climatic conditions, warm
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Haikou Better Blue Marine Conservation Center
Country:
China
Area Of Work:
International Waters
Grant Amount:
US$ 50,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 48,128.34
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 16,986.48
Project Number:
CPR/DLF/IW/2021/01
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
1) The training of local guides: carry out the public welfare training of intertidal zone exploration guide and the Weizhou Island Coral Reef Museum guide facing the local community residents, so that the community residents can participate in the model of Weizhou Island eco-tourism project and become one of its practitioners, thereby enhancing the knowledge and skills of local communities and tourists towards coastal and coral reef protection, and simultaneously provide new income subsidy sources for the local communities.
2) The training of local diving conservation specialty instructors: develop the marine conservation specialty course centered around coral planting experience, and carry out free training for local diving practitioners, diversify the types of service they can provide. And purchase their services of underwater operations such as long-term coral planting and reef survey.
3) To provide diversified ocean themed scenes for service industry operators such as guesthouses and cafes, create differentiated competitive advantage and provide more distinctive services.
Notable Community Participation
2) There are few tourisms recreation on Weizhou Island and most of them are aquatic sports. Both the operators and the participants are mostly youth. Some of them are coming to Weizhou Island from other places to run various restaurants. Young people are more receptable to new and foreign thoughts and they could engage tourists to join various activities. Such as ?Plastic free Island?, Ocean conservation workshop, sharing on social media, share photos at insider spots. Young people also have relatively high innovation ability, and support from various aspects is conducive to their persistent advocacy of Marine conservation.
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SGP Country office contact
Ms. Meijia Lu
Phone:
+861085320743
Email:
Ms. Lixia Zheng
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Beijing, Chaoyang, 100600
Beijing, Chaoyang, 100600
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