China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced Tuesday that three sites in the country have recently been recognized by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
The newly designated sites include an ancient pear orchard system in Gansu Province in northwest China, a freshwater pearl mussel and fishery system in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province, and a white tea cultural system in Fujian Province, also in the east. With these new designations, China’s total number of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems has risen to 25 — the most of any country worldwide.
Launched by the FAO, the GIAHS program supports farming communities in preserving traditional agricultural practices, cultural landscapes, biodiversity, and indigenous knowledge systems.
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