Progress on the Integrity Protection in the Natural World Heritage Site and Agroforestry Development in the Buffer Zone: An Implications for the World Heritage Karst

Dong Chen; Kangning Xiong; Juan Zhang

doi:10.3390/ijerph192416876

Progress on the Integrity Protection in the Natural World Heritage Site and Agroforestry Development in the Buffer Zone: An Implications for the World Heritage Karst

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 15;19(24):16876. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416876.

Authors

Dong Chen¹, Kangning Xiong¹, Juan Zhang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Karst Science, State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China.
² School of Management Science, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang 550025, China.

Abstract

In the face of increasing development pressure, how to fulfill the obligations under the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Convention and maintain the integrity of the Natural World Heritage Site (NWHS) is a major problem to be solved at present. Agroforestry (AF) development in the buffer zone maintains the integrity of NWHS and promotes sustainable ecological and economic development in the buffer zone. Still, few studies on the knowledge system of integrity protection of NWHS and AF development in the buffer zone research have been conducted. To fill this gap, this study conducts a systematic literature review based on 128 related articles retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) database and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database. Firstly, quantitative studies were conducted to analyze the annual numbers, content and study regions of the published literature. Secondly, the main research progress and achievements of integrity protection of WNHS and AF development in the buffer zone are classified and summarized. On this basis, this paper proposed key scientific issues that remain to be addressed in future, as well as exploring the implications for the World Heritage (WH) karst. This study is a scientific reference for the balanced development of NWHS integrity protection and AF in the buffer zone.

Keywords: agroforestry; buffer zone; implications; integrity; natural world heritage; world heritage karst.

Publication types

Systematic Review
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Databases, Factual
Knowledge*

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the Philosophy and Social Science Planning Key Project of Guizhou Province (Grant No. 21GZZB43), the Key Project of Science and Technology Program of Guizhou Province (No. 5411 2017 Qiankehe Pingtai Rencai) and the China Overseas Expertise Introduction Program for Discipline Innovation (No. D17016).