Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve

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Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve

(People's Daily Online) 08:28, August 16, 2013

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(Provided to People's Daily Online/Zhang Jie)

Dashanbao Black-necked Crane Nature Reserve is situated in Dashanbao Township in Zhaoyang District of Zhaotong Municipality. Covering a total area of 19,200 hectares, the Reserve is a plateau marshland. In 2003 it was ratified as a state-level nature reserve.

Since the 1950s, black-necked cranes have flied to Dashanbao, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City every October and stayed until the next April. The birds have gradually attracted researchers, photographers and tourists. Now, Dashanbao has been listed in international important wet lands and China's national-level natural reserves.

What are mainly protected inside the Reserve is black-necked cranes and their winter habitat. There are 56 families of vascular plants, falling into 131 genera and 181 species, including ferns of 9 families, 10 genera, and 11 species; spermatophyte of 47 families, 121 genera and 170 species. Simultaneously animals protected inside include 10 orders, 28 families and 68 species.

The most valuable protected animal in Dashanbao Nature Reserve is black-necked crane. According to official statistics, its number has increased to approximately 1130 from 300 in 1990; other birds include: erne, gray crane, goshawk, glede, sparrow-hawk, common buzzard, white-tailed willet and Asian barred owlet etc.

Since the time when Dashanbao Nature Reserve was established, sub-alpine wetland and wet grassland, which are the major habitat of the black-cranes to spend winter in Yunnan, have been conserved effectively. It is of great significance for conservation of the bio-diversity.

（Editor：YeXin、Chen Lidan）