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More Than a Decade of Conservation Progress
Read three of the stories showcasing the creative, results-driven strategies we’re putting into action and the exciting successes we’re celebrating today:
- Saving the Yunnan Golden Monkey
- Transforming China's Natural Reserves
- Joining Forces to Combat Illegal Logging
Find out what else is new in the China program.
Reforestation Project Bears Fruit for Local Communities
A project that is regenerating depleted forests, fighting climate change and creating economic opportunities for families.
Interview with Shuang Zhang
Shuang Zhang talks about environmentalism in China and the environmental impact he hopes to have in his own career.
New TNC Book! Protecting Land in China
The book is a reference guide for anyone with an interest in Chinese land issues and is available for download.
Cyber-Conservation in China
In China, the web is uniting a budding conservation movement that's helping to spark change.
Building the Future: Taking the Conservation Blueprint to China’s National Stage
The Conservancy’s science is influencing China’s first national conservation plan in more than a decade — find out how.
Saving the Yunnan Golden Monkey
Learn more about the Conservancy's efforts to track and protect the elusive Yunnan golden monkey.
Jack Ma and China's Environment
One of China's most influential business leaders talks about his passion for nature — and The Nature Conservancy.
Powering Change in China
See how the Conservancy's alternative energy and microfinance projects are empowering people in China's Yunnan Province.
Blueprint for Success Map
Check out this interactive map to see how the Conservancy is helping chart China's green future.
Minimizing Dam Impact on the Yangtze River
As China’s demand for energy skyrockets, so, too, does pressure to harness the power of the mighty Yangtze River. The Conservancy is engaging with dam builders and public agencies to improve how the dams are designed and operated.
Conservation Blueprint
Learn more about the Conservancy's massive Conservation Blueprint Project and how it is helping accelerate conservation in China.
Monkey Business
Long Yongcheng has played an incredible role in the resurgence of one of China's most treasured primates — learn about his love for the "most beautiful monkey species in the world."
Songshan: A Conservation Window in China
The Chinese government has asked the Conservancy to help transform Songshan into a world-class nature reserve.
Joining Forces to Combat Illegal Logging
Can you save orangutans with a bookshelf? Read about a new agreement between China and the United States that is giving people around the world more power to save forests and fight climate change.
Trip Strengthens Partnership between Mississippi and Yangtze Rivers
The trip was part of an ongoing exchange between USGS and the Chinese government, initiated by the Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership, to help China further develop its aquatic monitoring systems.
Pudacuo National Park: China's First National Park
The Nature Conservancy has helped China achieve a conservation landmark: the establishment of the country's first national park, which will also serve as a model for a new Chinese national park system.
Yangtze River Fish Guide
Adult Chinese paddlefish have not been caught in the Yangtze since 2003, leading some to believe this ancient fish may be extinct. To help protect species like the paddlefish, the Conservancy is working with scientists in China to develop an updated guide to the fish in the Yangtze River.
Saving Last Fish Sanctuary on the Upper Yangtze River
One critically important 250-mile stretch of flowing water could be at risk if another dam is built. It is a rare fish reserve and a sanctuary for more than 140 species of fish, 70 of which occur nowhere else on Earth.
Climate Change: A Sacred Glacier Recedes
Climate change is causing glaciers — including one located on one of Tibetan Buddhism's eight sacred mountains — in China's northwest Yunnan Province to recede at a historic pace, according to findings by Nature Conservancy scientists.
Conserving China's Yangtze River
Achieving ecological sustainability on the Yangtze is an overwhelming challenge — but one that the Conservancy is meeting head-on. While many factors threaten to degrade the diversity of the Yangtze, scientists have determined the greatest threat to be the construction and management of hydropower dams.
Conservation Blueprint Supports Earthquake Response
A massive earthquake wreaked unimaginable devastation in Sichuan Province in May 2008, killing nearly 70,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage. Soon after the quake, the Sichuan government called The Nature Conservancy for assistance with a rapid ecological assessment. Find out how our Blueprint Project helped create a science-grounded recovery plan.
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