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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project<br />

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Appendix 5<br />

2. Biodiversity – Priority Areas Protected First<br />

China is one of the richest global biodiversity countries as well as one country where there are the<br />

most serious threats to biodiversity. To protect the precious biological resources, in 5 to 10 years,<br />

China will contentiously increase biodiversity conservation abilities, and will take the special measure<br />

to protect Chinese 17 biodiversity key areas at first.<br />

China will preferential protect 17 biodiversity key areas. The areas are Traverses Mountains southern<br />

region, Minshan Mountains-Traverses Mountains northern region, Plateau region of Xinjiang-Qinghai-<br />

Tibet province border, Yunnan Xishuangbanna region, Mountains region of Hunan-Guizhou–Sichuan-<br />

Hubei province border, Hainan Island south-central mountains region, Guizhou Southwestern<br />

limestone region, Zhejiang-Fujian-Jiangxi border mountains region, Qinling Mountains, Yili western<br />

section Tianshan Mountains; Changbaishan Mountains, Coastal shallow seas and tidelands wetland<br />

(including Lao River mouth sea area, Yellow River delta near sea area, Yancheng coast, Shanghai<br />

Chongming island eastern beach), Northeastern Songhua River Nen River Heilong River - three river<br />

plain region, Yangtze River downstream lake region, from Min River mouth to southern Macao Island<br />

sea region, Bohai Sea channel and sea region, from Zhoushan to Nanji island sea region.<br />

According to Ecology Department of the National Environmental Conservation Bureau leader<br />

introduced that the protective measures of the biodiversity key areas are: establishing the nature<br />

reserve, caring on the biodiversity and the environmental effect appraisal system to the items of basic<br />

construction, a ban on constructing polluting projects, strengthening biodiversity research, monitoring,<br />

and appraisal, having the choice to construct one batch of different types the state-level biodiversity<br />

protection demonstration base. The leader indicated that 17 biodiversity key areas which have not yet<br />

established nature reserves, should take the rescue measure to establish as soon as possible; the<br />

nature reserve having been established, should then strengthen the management and supervision,<br />

and as occasion requires, it might be advanced management rank, be promoted for national nature<br />

reserve, and be managed directly by the country.<br />

B. Part II National and Shaanxi Province Endangered Species Management Initiatives<br />

1. Qinling Giant Panda Conservation Program (source: China Network, 12 June<br />

2006)<br />

“Qinling Giant Panda conservation and development strategy seminar” have been held in Xi’an city in<br />

2006, SFA and Shaanxi province government indicated that the Qinling Mountains will not only<br />

consolidate the Qinling Giant Panda nature reserve network in order to increase the national nature<br />

reserve area to 31,000 km 2 . Furthermore, China and Shaanxi province government also will establish<br />

the Qinling Giant Panda captive breeding centre and enhance Qinling Giant Panda monitoring station.<br />

The measures will protect Qinling Giant Panda more effectively.<br />

The Qinling Mountains support around 300 Qinling Giant Pandas at the northernmost latitude for<br />

Pandas in China. SFA noted that, Qinling Giant Panda numbers are declining, distribution is<br />

narrowing, habitat area is not adequate, as well as the habitat does not provide adequate food, the<br />

conservation difficulty is one on top of another, the conservation duty is urgent and arduous. The<br />

conference has determined Qinling Giant Panda protection goal and program. In the near future, the<br />

goal will consummate Qinling Giant Panda nature reserve network system, increasing the national<br />

nature reserve area from 17,000 km 2 to 31, 000km 2 . The strengthened Qinling Giant Panda habitat<br />

nature resume ability and the biological corridor belt construction, enable 95% Qinling Giant Panda<br />

habitat to obtain the protection and restoration of 90% latent habitat, and reduce habitat fragmentation.<br />

At the same time, Qinling area also will establish the Qinling Giant Panda captive breeding centre<br />

which will attack and resolve Qinling Giant Panda breeding difficulty and expand captive population<br />

quantity. Qinling Giant Panda will also be wild trained in order to supply wild population.<br />

2. Shaanxi Rare Wild Animals Rescue and Breeding Center<br />

Shaanxi Rare Wild Animals Rescuing and Raising Research Center (hereinafter called “center”) is the<br />

only national key protection center in Shaanxi Province. It mainly deals with “field rescue for wild<br />

animals of the first and second level, wild animals raising and breeding, science research, propagating<br />

and education and usage development”. The preparations for construction of the “center” started in<br />

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