Final Report - Asian Development Bank

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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
Final Report Appendix 5
81. The Project Area supports a variety of wildlife species of national, regional and global
conservation concern (Table 10). GEF prioritizes those species listed in the left-hand column of Table
10, namely those 37 species that are globally threatened. These are listed by name in Table 11 and
summary accounts of some globally threatened species are shown in Appendix 10 of this report. The
other categories of protection or conservation concern are also important but these address
international trade (CITES), national concerns (Red Data Book and China national protection), or
regional concerns (migratory bird treaties, Shaanxi Province protection). China is a signatory to two
bilateral migratory bird treaties, one each with Japan and Australia.
Table 10: Plants and Vertebrate Animals in the Qinling of Conservation Concern
IUCN
China Red Data
1 CITES2 3 China Protection
Red List Book
Shaanxi
Province
protected
species
CR 2 App I 10 animal CR 4 Class I 11 52 animal
EN 17 App II
9 plant
9 animal
VU 18 App III none VU 42
EN 15 Class II 45 54 plant
NT 8
Totals 37 69 56 106
1
CR = Critically Endangered; EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable
2
App = Appendix
3
CR = Critically endangered; En = Endangered; Ra = Rare; Vu = Vulnerable; Un = Undetermined
82. Of the 37 globally threatened species 33 are permanent residents of the Qinling. The other
four are migratory birds that do not breed here but occur during autumn, winter and/or spring (Baikal
Teal, Vulnerable; Imperial Eagle, Vulnerable; Saker Falcon, Endangered; and Great Bustard,
Vulnerable).
83. Of the 11 globally threatened plants in the Qinling, the one Critically Endangered plant is an
orchid that is taken from the wild for markets. Nine of the eleven globally threatened plants are found
in the Project Area.
Table 11: Globally Threatened Species 1 Recorded on the Project Area and/or the Qinling
Species
Scientific Name Common Name
Location of
IUCN
Threat
Category
Occurrence
2 Project
Qinling
Area
Acer miaotaiense Miaotai Maple VU yes yes
Corylus chinensis China Nut Tree EN yes yes
Cypripedium calcicolum Brown Mocassin Flower CR yes
Eleutherococcus brachypus ���� EN yes
Eleutherococcus stenophyllus ����� EN yes
Gingko biloba Gingko EN yes yes
Holopogon smithianus ����� EN yes
Picea brachytyla Maidiao Spruce VU yes yes
Picea neoveitchii Big-fruit Spruce EN yes yes
Pterostyrax psilophyllis ��� VU yes
Tapiscia sinensis ��� VU
Andrias davidianus Chinese Giant Salamander CR yes yes
Batrachuperus pinchonii Stream Salamander VU yes
Paa boulengeri Boulenger’s Frog EN yes
Scutiger ninghsanensis Ningshan Frog EN yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes