Collaborative Monitoring System for the Phenological phenomena’s Forecasting of Large-Scale Cultural Landscape: Case from Lushan National Park, China

The Lushan National Park, inscribed to World Heritage List in 1996, is famous for its unique cultural landscape and its phenological phenomena.

However, the impact of climate change and increasingly extreme weather events are threatening the sustainable appearance of these phenological phenomena.

For better preserving and monitoring the Outstanding Universal Value and other heirtage values of Lushan, the managers of National Park collaborate with professional heritage monitors and heritage management specialists to create the Lushan World Heritage Monitoring and Early Warning System (LMES) platform, which provides not only technical support for the management of heritage sites, helping managers to scientifically prepare for possible climate changes, but also better technical services for neighboring communities and visitors with accurate forecasts of daily weather and seasonal phenological phenomena.