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In the news September 23, 2015 The Public Advertisement Screen In Nanning Airport Is Unveiled Recently, the Guangxi Provincial Office for Combating Smuggling, Guangzhou Branch of the Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office, Nanning Wuxu International Airport, Nanning Customs, Forestry Department of Guangxi Province, WCS, IFAW, WildAid, together launch the ceremony of unveiling an advertisement screen in the border port of Guangxi. Read the story May 3, 2015 Job Opportunity Wildlife Conservation Society China Program Director The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife and their habitat, active in almost 60 countries. Our vision is to save wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. WCS has been working in China since 1995, with focus on large mammals and their habitat. Read the story Read More News Living Forest_2009_15 Author(s): Zhang Mingxia GNUSLETTER Vol 29_no 1_August 2010 Author(s): Kang Aili Description/Abstract: This Special Edition of GNUSLETTER represents a unique cross section of the Antelope Specialist Group membership. Working in diverse regions in Africa and Asia the bios and reports provided here by 26 ASG members places an important face on the ASG’s antelope research, management and conservation efforts. Preliminary monitoring of Amur tiger population in Jilin Hunchun National Nature Reserve Author(s): Bing Li,Endi Zhang,Zhenghua Zhang,Yu Zhang Description/Abstract: The Hunchun Nature Reserve-located near the boundaries of Chiila with Russia and DPR Korea。is the only national level reserve in China containing tigers(Panthera tigrij)and leopards(P．pardus)．Since its establishment in December 2001-tiger monitoring has been carried out in and around the reserve．Because tigers can easily cross boundaries over the course of a year-winter snow tracking alone is insufficient as the sole method for tiger monitoring．Thus, a passive tiger monitoring method was adopted to augment the existing winter survey．Passive monitoring relies primarily On information on tiger predation reported by local villagers and informants in 12 villages．We summarize tiger monitoring efforts during 2001—2006，analyze tiger occurrence frequency，number。and sex／age ratios suggested by monitoring data, and make conservation suggestions. Year: 2008 Siberian Tiger Populations to Restore - Challenges and Opportunities Author(s): Yan Xie,Quanhui Sun Description/Abstract: This paper describes the current distribution status, diet and habitat needs of China as a wild Siberian tiger, that the Siberian tiger is facing a major threat posed to include the severe hunting, and habitat severely damaged, human tiger conflict, serious, population monitoring imperfections. Government departments to support such efforts need to be strengthened. The paper also pointed out that the region is China’s Hunchun Siberian tiger most active region. At present, China has opened in the Hunchun Nature Reserve, a clear set of civilian industrial operations, the establishment of Siberian tiger monitoring network, start anti-poaching patrol system to enhance public education and is estimated to reduce human pressure on red tiger and other related work. Year: 2009 Reproductive Ecology of the Chinese Alligator and Implications for Conservation Author(s): John Thorbjarnarson, Xiaoming Wang, Lijun He. Description/Abstract: The Chinese alligator is one of the world’s most critically endangered reptiles. Although there is a relatively large captive population, in the wild small groups of alligators are limited to a few small ponds in an agricultural landscape in southeastern Anhui Province. As part of an effort to develop plans for the conservation of Chinese alligators in the wild, we investigated aspects of the reproductive ecology of wild alligators during a survey of the last remaining groups. We also compiled published and unpublished information on the reproduction of alligators in captivity and in the wild. Nesting was only reported from four sites in 1999, and we describe two of these areas. Because of the intense human use of the landscape, alligators seek small patches of relatively undisturbed vegetation for nesting, and these fall into two main categories: vegetated hillsides, usually covered with pine trees, and small islands in agricultural ponds. Our observations of one nest on a pine hillside suggest that pine needles may make a poor nest substrate leading to lethally low temperatures for developing embryos. The selection of sites for the reintroduction of alligators should take the nature of potential nesting habitat into consideration.Year: 2001 Amur Tiger and Prey in Jilin Hunchun National Nature Reserve, China. Author(s): Chen Jiuyi, Nasendelger, Sun Quanhui, Zhang Lijia, Tang Jirong, Lang Jianmin, Liu tong, Liu Kunpeng, Xiao Wenhong, Bao Weidong Description/Abstract: The Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is critically endangered and there is no confirmed viable population in China. In the winter of 2009-2010，we conducted a field survey in and surrounding the area of Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve using line transect method. There are 3 tigers 2 male and 1 female at least found in the surveyed area of 1 182 km2 in size and they are transient individuals between China and Russian border. The relative density of ungulate prey is 0. 09 for Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)，0. 43 for Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus)，0. 12 for Sika Deer ( Cervus nippon)，and 0. 03 for wild Boar ( Sus scrofa) by tracks / km，or 0. 11，0. 76，0. 07，0. 01 by individial / km2 respectively. These values are much lower than those in Russia. Poaching ungulate and habitat fragmentation by human activities，such as small villages attached with cropland patches，frog breeding farms，seasonal logging，collection of wild plants and cattle grazing，were the main reasons for tiger number and ungulate prey declining. Logging ban around the nature reserve，controlling human activity at frog breeding farms，enforcing punishment on poaching，and limiting cattle grazing ranges as soon as possible are fundamental ways to rehabilitate tiger habitat and protect ungulate prey. Year: 2011 Chang Tang Traverse Author(s): George Beals Schaller and Kang Aili On the origin of tigers in China and process of endanger Author(s): Ma Yiqin and Xie Yan Description/Abstract: The origin of tigers in China was discussed on the basis of fossil records of tigers in China and the conclusion was that Chinese tiger Wag originated in the middle of Yellow River Basin and the old hypothesis of the origin of the tiger in international and national literature was corrected．It was further indicated that tigers in North China were the oldest population in the world and extincted 50s of the last century．The process of endanger of the tiger population and causes of endanger were discussed． Year: 2010 Email from: * Email to: * Message: The person you email to will see the details you enter in the...