Kadoorie Conservation China
Kadoorie Conservation China (KCC) is a department under
History
The department was first known as the South China Biodiversity Team (SCBT), which was set up in 1998 in response to the urgent threats faced by China's biodiversity particularly in the south. In 2003, it expanded its focus from biodiversity conservation to include promotion of sustainable agriculture and sustainable living, and was restructured to form the China Programme (CP). In 2011, it was again renamed to become Kadoorie Conservation China. The first ten years of the programme were engaged primarily in channelling reliable information about biodiversity and its threats; providing communication and cohesion within the regional conservation community; boosting the ecological capacity of conservation scientists and managers; and initiating conservation interventions, including those that brought benefits to communities around nature reserves.[1]
Projects
Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Hainan
Hainan Exianling Limestone Ecosystem
Since 2004, KCC has been working with partners to study Hainan's limestone forest and its conservation value; researchers supported by KCC found pristine rainforest and uncovered a lot of new species and new China records in this specialised ecosystem. In 2006, KCC and Hainan Provincial Forestry Department co-organized the workshop 'Hainan Limestone Habitats and their Biodiversity' and since 2009 KCC has sponsored the construction of a reserve station, provided capacity building to the local wardens, improved their patrolling effectiveness and provided field equipment.
Hainan gibbon
In 2003, KCC was invited by the local authorities to take an active role in saving the
Eastern black crested gibbon
In 2006, the eastern black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) was rediscovered in China by members of KCC after it was thought to be extinct in the country for years.[9]
Oriental pied hornbill of Guangxi
KCC collaborated with Xidamingshan Nature Reserve and other partners to protect the Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) since July 2009. All-round conservation actions have been carried out, including scientific study, education and staff capacity building.[10]
Publications
Living Forests
Living Forests was a magazine published by KFBG/KCC from 2000 to 2010, to serve the community of conservationists active in South China. From the sixth issue onwards each issue had a particular theme, namely: (6) Community Power in Southwest China; (7) Holding On to Hainan's Forests; (8) Keeping South China's Ecosystems Intact; (9) Benign Harvests: Bringing Agriculture in Line with Biodiversity Conservation; (10) What is Environmental Education? (11) Reforesting South China: Beyond Planting Trees; (12) Roads Least Travelled: Ecotourism and Development in South China; (13) Knowledge to Practice: How can Science be Applied to Conservation Policy and Management?; (14) Countdown 2010: Are We Winning the Battle for Biodiversity?); (15) Full Table, Empty Forest: Can the Wildlife Trade be Controlled?; (16) The Challenge of the Century: Building Resilience to Peak Oil and Climate Change. [11]
Sustaining the Pulse
Sustaining the Pulse: Managing for Biodiversity Conservation in South China's Forest Nature Reserve provides nature-reserve managers, especially those in the South China region, with the motivation, concepts, guidance and examples to help them in their vital work.[12]
External links
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Official Website
- Living Forests Website
- KCC's weibo
- Living Forest Forum
- Dan ong yeu sinh ly nen an gi
References
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Chou, Wen-hao; Michael Wai-neng Lau; Bosco P. L. Chan (2007). "A new treefrog of the genus Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Hainan Island, China" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 55: 157–165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-28.
- ^ Lau, M.W.N.; Chan, B.P.L. (2012). "Amphibian fauna of Yinggeling Nature Reserve, with new genera and species records for Hainan Island". Chinese Journal of Zoology. 47 (1): 51–61.
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- ^ Fellowes, JR; Zhou, J.; Chen, S.H.; Ng, S.B. Yangand S.C. (2008). "Current status of the Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus): progress of population monitoring and other priority actions" (PDF). Asian Primates Journal. 1 (1): 2–9.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ Chan, BPL; Tan, XF; Tan, WJ (2008). "Rediscovery of the Critically Endangered Eastern Black-Crested Gibbon Nomascus nasutus (Hylobatidae) in China, with preliminary notes on population size, ecology and conservation status" (PDF). Asian Primates Journal. 1 (1): 17–25.[permanent dead link]
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