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RBI 4 English.FINAL biological Rapid Biological Inventories rapid inventories 04 Participating Institutions R apid Biological Inventories The Field Museum Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange China: Yunnan Southwest Forestry College (Kunming) The Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve Southern Gaoligongshan Baoshan Management Office Openlands Project The Yunnan Provincial Association for Cultural Exchanges with Foreign Countries Skidmore Owings & Merrill, LLP :04 China: Southern Gaoligongshan Yunnan, Partial Funding by The Center for United States-China Arts Exchange The Field Museum The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Field Museum Environmental & Conservation Programs 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA T 312.665.7430 F 312.665.7433 www.fieldmuseum.org/rbi THE FIELD MUSEUM The goal of rapid biological and social inventories is to catalyze effective action for conservation in threatened regions of high biological diversity and uniqueness. During rapid biological inventories, scientific teams focus primarily on groups of organisms that indicate habitat type and condition and that can be surveyed quickly and accurately. These inventories do not attempt to produce an exhaustive list of species or higher taxa. Rather, the rapid surveys (1) identify the important biological communities in the site or region of interest and (2) determine whether these communities are of outstanding quality and significance in a regional or global context. During rapid social asset inventories, scientists and local communities collaborate to identify patterns of social organization and opportunities for capacity building. The teams use participant observation and semi-structured interviews quickly to evaluate the assets of these communities that can serve as points of engagement for long-term participation in conservation. In-country scientists are central to the field teams. The experience of local experts is crucial for understanding areas with little or no history of scientific exploration. After the inventories, protection of natural communities and engagement of social networks rely on initiatives from host-country scientists and conservationists. Once these rapid inventories have been completed (typically within a month), the teams relay the survey information to local and international-decision makers who set priorities and guide conservation action in the host country. Rapid Biological Inventories for Conservation Action www.fieldmuseum.org/rbi Rapid Biological Inventories for Conservation Action www.fieldmuseum.org/rbi biological rapid inventories 04 CHINA: YUNNAN ▲ MYANMAR CHINA Lancang River Nujiang River 50 km 100 km CHINA Yunnan VIETNAM MYANMAR LAOS THAILAND 18 Baoshan ▲ A B C D E F 19 MYANMAR CHINA Nujiang Lisu Nationality Autonomous Prefecture Yunlong County B D Tengchong County 10 km 20 km Longchuanjiang River Nujiang River A E Longyang District ▲ C 20 Longling County A B C D E A B 22 CD E G F 23 A B C D E F A B C D E A B C D E 26 ABC D E F A B C D E F 28 ENGLISH CONTENTS (for Color Plates, see pages 17-28) 50 Participants 91 Appendices 92 52 Institutional Profiles 1) Fungi 96 2) Ferns 56 About the Yunnan Initiative 99 3) Amphibians and Reptiles 57 Acknowledgements 101 4) Birds 107 58 Report at a Glance 5) Large Mammals 117 6) Social and Cultural Assets 63 Why Gaoligongshan? 125 7) Plants of Interest to Ecotourists 65 Overview of Results 136 8) Gateway Lodge and 65 Ecological Profile Visitor Center Design 67 Conservation History 143 Literature Cited 67 Baihualing Village: Resources and Capacities 144 Previous Reports 69 Vegetation and Flora 72 Fungi 73 Amphibians and Reptiles 75 Birds 77 Large Mammals 77 Threats 79 Conservation Targets 81 Conservation Opportunities 83 Recommendations china: yunnan FEBRUARY 2003 49 PARTICIPANTS FIELD TEAM Peter J. Kindel (gateway lodge study) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Gerald W. Adelmann (coordinator) [email protected] Openlands Project, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. [email protected] Zhengbo Li (birds and coordinator) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau Huaisen Ai (mammals) Baoshan, Yunnan, China Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau [email protected] Baoshan, Yunnan, China [email protected] Rutao Lin (mammals) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau Lilan Deng (botany) Baoshan, Yunnan, China Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China [email protected] [email protected] Shiliang Meng (ecology) Victoria Drake (social and cultural assets) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau Openlands Project and The Field Museum Baoshan, Yunnan, China Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. [email protected] [email protected] Debra K. Moskovits (coordinator and birds) Robin B. Foster (ecology) Environmental and Conservation Programs Environmental and Conservation Programs The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. dmoskovits@fieldmuseum.org rfoster@fieldmuseum.org Gregory M. Mueller (fungi) Shangyi Ge (fungi) Department of Botany Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Baoshan, Yunnan, China gmueller@fieldmuseum.org [email protected] Jiali Qin (ecology) Ken Hao (coordinator) Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China Columbia University [email protected] Center for U.S.-China Arts Exchange New York City, U.S.A. Ruichang Quan (birds) [email protected] Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, China [email protected] 50 RAPID BIOLOGICAL INVENTORIES REPORT NO.4 H. Bradley Shaffer (amphibians and reptiles) Jianmei Yang University of California, Davis, C.A., U.S.A. Tourism and Planning Research Center [email protected] Yunnan Normal University Kunming, Yunnan, China Xiaochun Shi (botany) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau Shaoliang Yi (coordinator) Baoshan, Yunnan, China Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China [email protected] [email protected] Douglas F. Stotz (birds) Yu Zhang (amphibians and reptiles) Environmental and Conservation Programs Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. [email protected] dstotz@fieldmuseum.org Xiaodong Zhao Adam Thies (gateway lodge study) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Baoshan, Yunnan, China [email protected] [email protected] Anne Underhill (social and cultural assets) Yuming Zhu (social and cultural assets) Department of Anthropology Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Baoshan, Yunnan, China auhill@fieldmuseum.org [email protected] Tianchan Wang (amphibians and reptiles) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau COLLABORATORS Baoshan, Yunnan, China [email protected] Baihualing Village Association Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China Jun Wen (botany) Department of Botany Municipal Government of Baoshan City The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Baoshan, Yunnan, China jwen@fieldmuseum.org Bin Yang (fungi) Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, China [email protected] china: yunnan FEBRUARY 2003 51 INSTITUTIONAL PROFILES The Field Museum Center for United States-China Arts Exchange The Field Museum is a collections-based research The Center for United States-China Arts Exchange at and educational institution devoted to natural and Columbia University was established through a formal cultural diversity. Combining the fields of agreement with China before the normalization of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology, and relations between the two countries and has been Conservation Biology, museum scientists research carrying out major projects since 1979. Founded by issues in evolution, environmental biology, and cultural Chou Wen-chung, Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical anthropology. Environmental and Conservation Composition (Emeritus), the Center has sponsored Programs (ECP) is the branch of the museum dedicated programs, partnerships and collaborations in the arts, to translating science into action that creates and education and conservation that have included partici- supports lasting conservation. With losses of natural pants from the entire Asian-Pacific region as well as diversity accelerating worldwide, ECP’s mission is to the United States and Europe. direct the museum’s resources—scientific expertise, The main focus of the center since 1990 worldwide collections, innovative education has been a broadly defined cultural and environmental programs—to the immediate needs of conservation conservancy program for the indigenous peoples in at local, national, and international levels. Yunnan Province, known as the minority nationalities. Designed to create a comprehensive strategy for the The Field Museum continuation of their traditional cultures and for the 1400 South Lake Shore Drive preservation of their unique ecology, this program has Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 U.S.A. involved hundreds of specialists from China, the 312.922.9410 tel United States, Europe and Asia, and has mobilized www.fieldmuseum.org thousands of local cultural and environmental workers. Center for United States-China Arts Exchange 423 West 118th Street, #1E New York, New York, 10027 U.S.A. [email protected] 52 RAPID BIOLOGICAL INVENTORIES REPORT NO.4 Southwest Forestry College Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve Baoshan Management Bureau Southwest Forestry College (SWFC) is located in The Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve Baoshan Kunming, China and is under the joint administration Management
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