Map: Conservation Outcomes Mountains of Southwest China
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100°E 105°E 95°E Conservation Outcomes Mountains of Southwest China scale: 1/1,525,000 25 0 25 50 75 100 projection: Lambert Equal Area Azimuthal central meridian: 98.5° east longitude kilometers standard parallels: 29° north latitude Sanjiangyuan NR (including Longbaotan) Ganligahai-Zecha hotspot boundary protected area H u a NR n g H e † Dali Dali Key Biodiversity Area town B (extent, geographic extent unavailable) (national capitals underlined) Tiebu a NR i l o T n g o n J candidate Key Biodiversity Area * g i a Leiwuqi NR country border t n g (extent, geographic extent unavailable) i a Axia n H e Xiaman Zheduo Shan Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site river NR (extent, geographic extent unavailable) a Changshagongma NR Babso Chagangliang NR Nature Reserve lake Huang He Shouqu Dalu † Key Biodiversity Areas are targets for achieving site-level conservation n NR outcomes. CEPF funding is not available for marine conservation. Baihe NR * candidate Key Biodiversity Areas are research priorities i Wujiao NR Jiuzhaigou Caodi h NR Riganqiao NR Jian Shan NR Mantangze Yuhe NR C H I N A Wang C NR Lang Maozhai data: The political and geographic designations NR NR Beijing University shown on this map do not imply the Gyegu Aloa Birdlife International expression of any opinion on behalf of Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at CEPF or any of its partners concerning the Baishui Jiang NR Conservation International, Arlington, VA USA legal status or deliniation of the frontiers of Yanboyezeshan Huanglong Chinese Academy of Science (the Institute of Zoology and any country, territory or area. the Chengdu Institute of Biology) t NR NR Zhongmiao Conservation International - China Longdishui NR Global Shoreline Database, January 2001, Veridian (GDAIS) The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Luoxu NR Harvard University (CEPF) is a joint initiative of Conservation s Dongyanggou NR Sichuan Forest Academy International, the Global Environment Xuebaoding NR Sichuan Forest Department Facility, the Government of Japan, the Nianlong Sichuan University MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. NR Tangjiahe NR The Nature Conservancy A fundamental goal of CEPF is to ensure e Baiyang NR Xiaohegou NR VMap0, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency civil society is engaged in biodiversity Sandagu Xihua Normal University conservation. NR Baiyangxiang Pingwu Nanmoqie this map was produced by the w Xiaozhaizi Dujingla NR Conservation Mapping Program NR M.Denil - Chief Cartographer NR Baicaohe K.Koenig - Cartographer Kasongdu NR Baodinggou NR Center for Applied Biodiversity Science h Xinluhai NR Qingpianhe Piankou NR Keluodong Conservation International NR 2011 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202 t © April 2007 Maerkangminjiangbai Weimenggoukou Qianfoshan NR Z NR a u Longxihongkou NR Q Duopugou NR u Jiudingshan NR (Mianzhu) Kaniang NR Dze-Chyu River Jiudingshan NR (Shifang) o Zhariyongkang NR Zhuzhanggou Amula NR Kasha Hu NR Hongbaichang NR Miyaluo NR S Caopo NR Hejia Shan Leiwuqi NR Ribaxue Shan NR Yuke NR Arengou NR Mosika The CEPF Niche for Investment NR The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund matrix of land types required to conserve broad- J i Yirigou NR Wolong NR n Zhailong NR Baishuihe NR s Chaqingsongduo NR Longchi (CEPF) and Conservation International (CI) use scale ecological processes and to meet the h Yingxiu Qamdo a "conservation outcomes" as the scientific needs of area-demanding species (those that f Xionglong Siguniangshan NR J underpinning for focusing conservation are wide-ranging, migratory, or found in low i NR Sa a investment geographically and thematically. densities). A subset of the globally threatened lw ee n n Taizhangou Huangshuihe g Taianhe These outcomes comprise the effective species found in Southwest China were o NR Youyi Santaiding conservation of a set of species, sites, and identified as requiring action at the broader Fengtongzhai NR NR Anzihe NR broader-scale corridors (landscapes or landscape scale, either because they were area seascapes) that is essential for preventing demanding, or because they were vulnerable to Mailajiangcuo Yunhuashan Chengdu NR biodiversity loss. Identifying targets for achieving changes in hydrological processes. Area these conservation outcomes ensures that requirements for the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda Jintangkongyu Xihe Heishuihe NR (Dayi) s Zhaogaishen conservation action focuses on the species at melanoleuca, EN) and the Black Snub-Nosed NR Dachuan Rhinopithecus bieti Shan NR Langcun NR the greatest risk of extinction, and on the sites Monkey ( , EN) were mapped and landscapes that are most important for their to inform decision makers in better managing Taizhangou NR Pengdaxiang protection. The targets also provide a baseline areas currently not under legal protection. Work n Cuobugou NR Heishuihe NR (Lushan) Labahe NR against which the success of investments can be on the identification of targets and actions at the measured. This map depicts the geographic landscape scale will continue to be refined as i Zheduo Shan targets for achieving conservation outcomes in data become available. Southwest China, including within the Mountains 30°N Kangding of Southwest China Biodiversity Hotspot. Since resources for biodiversity conservation are a 30°N Erlang Shan limited, there is a need to further prioritize (Tianquan) In 2004, Conservation International initiated the among these targets. At the species level, t identification of these data-driven conservation prioritization should identify the most highly M L Gexigou NR H o a Haizih Shan NR i u n targets for Southwest China. This analysis was threatened species requiring urgent species- m n c a ta a carried out in collaboration the following specific conservation action. At the site level, la i n Sanhe y n g partners: Beijing University, Birdlife International, KBAs can be prioritized according to their n a s Genieshen Shan Wawushan NR H o J the Sichuan Forest Academy, the Chinese irreplaceability and vulnerability. At the top of the f i o a NR t S n Zhubalong NR Academy of Science (the Institute of Zoology list are sites identified by the Alliance for Zero s o Erlang Shan p g u and the Chengdu Institute of Biology), Sichuan Extinction (AZE) (www.zeroextinction.org), o (Lu Ding) Paochaowan u Yaluzangbudaxiagu NR t t Emei Shan Natural and h Gonggai Shan University, Xihua Normal University, Harvard where species are facing imminent extinction. Gongbu NR w Historical Heritage Site e NR Ganheba University, Sichuan Forest Department, and The AZE sites contain 95 percent or more of the s Gonggai Shan Nature Conservancy. Numerous other global population of one or more Critically a t (Kangding) NR (Shimian) o r C t institutions and experts also provided data and Endangered or Endangered species. A total of u h p i Washan a n M reviewed the results of this analysis. This work seven AZE sites have been identified in m a X Daqiao h Caokexieluo i n a Gemu NR i builds upon and refines the results of the 55 Southwest China (highlighted on the map in r B a J Liziping NR i Important Bird Areas (IBAs) identified in 2004 by red). n Wahuishan Hongba a s n M Cizhu g Birdlife International. In the future, a network of h NR NR Markam Niding NR Suochong NR u local biological research institutions, Donors, governments, and nongovernmental i NR Ma'an Shan conservation NGOs, universities, and organizations must safeguard biodiversity in H Shangluba (Mangkang) Meigu Dafengding NR government agencies will aid in the refinement Southwest China through a range of Zayu NR (Chayucibagou) e Yaluo Xianjiapu Gunba NR Ma'an Shan and monitoring of these conservation targets. conservation activities. A few globally and Cizhu Fuozhudaxiaogu NR Ping Shan Wuzhi Shan I N D I A Gajinxue Wannianxue Ma'anshan threatened species will require species-specific Bamei Conservation targets at the species level are action, such as disease mitigation or controlling Shan NR NR Laojunshan NR 95°E those that are globally threatened with invasive species. Most investment, however, will Yele NR · Mawu NR extinction, meeting the criteria of Critically need to be at the site level, to safeguard the Daqiaoshuiku Mabian Pingshan Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable habitats in which threatened species are found. Roster of Key Biodiversity Areas NR Puxiong in Dafengding NR † Nayahe Yuexi County according to the IUCN Red List. Based on the Safeguarding a KBA may involve declaring a Denotes Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) site Wuyapuya Leimaping 2004 Red List, a total of 393 threatened species new protected area, expanding or strengthening * Denotes candidate KBA Tongluoba NR are found in Southwest China. management in an existing protected area, Matoushan Shenguozhuang NR Jueluohuo * 1 Amula Nature Reserve 52 Gexigou Nature Reserve 104 Mahu Mahu initiating community-based conservation and 2 Anzihe Nature Reserve 53 Gongbu Nature Reserve 105 Mailajiangcuo Nature Reserve * Zuantianpo Targets at the site level are termed Key resource management, promoting ecotourism, or * 3 Arengou Nature Reserve 54 Gonggai Shan Nature Reserve (Kangding) 106 Mamize Nature Reserve Xiaoyong NR Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), or sites of global a number of other initiatives. At the landscape 4 Axia 55 Gonggai Shan Nature Reserve (Shimian) * 107 Mantangze Nature Reserve Mamize NR significance for biodiversity conservation. KBAs level, conservation will include fostering land 5 Babso 56 Gunba Nature Reserve 108 Maozhai Nature Reserve s * Muli (Ma'an Shan) are sites that are actually or potentially uses that maintain key ecosystem