Yunnan farmer old Xiong is a long-term partner of PCD’s ecological agriculture projects. He generously shares with fellow farmers his knowledge and skills of ecological agriculture. He grows a variety of nuts, fruits and vegetables. (The Authority of Tengchong Management Division for the Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve in Yunnan)
Traditional wisdom of practicing farming and herding simultaneously (Sinan Nima, an ethnic Tibetan core village participant in PCD’s programmes in Foshan, Deqin County, Yunnan Province)
Leisurely Little Egrets (Wang Tiancan / Rare Plants and Animals Protection Association of Tengchong County, Yunnan)
Tree Planting and Conservation (Ye Jianfang / Tengchong Branch of Baoshan Administration for Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve of Yunnan)
PCD supports activities to conserve the biodiversity of Yunnan’s Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve. (By Du Xiaohong)
Take a closer look at the hoolock gibbon who lives in Yunnan’s Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve where PCD supports activities to conserve its biodiversity. (From Seven Years in Nankang, By Li Jiahong)
The uncountable frogs in Yunnan’s Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve where PCD supports activities to conserve its biodiversity. (By Ai Huaisen, From Gentle Love, By Zhou Bojie)
Fuyuan County in Yunnan has an abundance of coal reserves but villagers may not be aware of the problem of sustainability.
Coal is a source of energy for the rural area of Fuyuan County in Yunnan but that brings about environmental hazards.
Clean energy advocates of Fuyuan County in Yunnan conducting community educational activities on clean energy at the office of the village committee, with the support from PCD.
In Jiangpo Village in Deqin County of Yunnan Province in China, PCD supports the protection of wildlife. Activities include patrolling the mountains, and after the patrolling the villagers remove animal traps such as the wire snare in the hands of the man on the left. (Sinan Nima)
In order to support the protection of wildlife in Jiangpo Village in Deqin County of Yunnan Province in China, PCD help to install infrared cameras in the forests to capture activities of animals, so as to arouse villagers’ affection towards wildlife. A photograph of a beautiful bharal is taken by an infrared camera in daylight. (Anwu Jicai)
PCD encourages Mainland China’s communities to experience community economy. One example of community economy is when a farmer in Yunnan needs to build a house, men from all the families in the village help with the construction. In return they are given a meal or receive help in turn in the future.
Compassionate young people from Kunming act as tree carers in a concerted effort to protect old trees.
During the campaign of old tree conservation in Kunming, an Albizia mollis tree showed life again after treatment.
PCD supports ethnic minorities in Yunnan to express the idea of holistic health through paintings which were exhibited in an international Conference in 2013. This picture is from the race of Lisu, showing five types of herbs which can be blended to produce medicinal wine for the prevention of disease.
Various aspects of programme work in Tibetan communities of Deqin: Villagers & monastics helping reforestation in Yangla Village. (Hai Zhigao)
Local food is revived for simple living for Hani people in Yunnan. (Cha E)
Preservation of the traditional music as a bond for the community with their own culture and values: Musical exchange to celebrate New Year in Yunnan. (Silang Lunbu)
Eco-agriculture in the highland: Golden wheat ready for harvest in July in Yunnan. (Sinan Nima)