Bird Conservation

Focusing on the habitat conservation of the blue-crowned laughingthrush—a species endemic to China and Jiangxi Province—Wuyuan has not only created a stable home for the bird through scientific planning and ecological restoration but has also driven the development of the bird-watching economy. Meanwhile, Wuyuan carries out nature education and popular science activities, attracting a large number of tourists. This practice provides a reference for a sustainable conservation model featuring ecologically beautiful landscapes and prosperous people for biodiversity conservation in mountainous cities and counties.

Such community-level nature reserves play a vital role in protecting scattered populations of rare and endangered animals and plants, as well as typical plant communities in China, supplementing biodiversity conservation networks. However, their sustainable maintenance urgently requires further efforts to mobilize more resources and social forces and translate ecological dividends into people’ s well-being.

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