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Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve
In 2006, The Nature Conservancy was enlisted to help strengthen management of Chongming Dongtan (Wetlands) National Nature Reserve, a 60,000 acre haven for a diversity of birds and fish on the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Songshan National Nature Reserve
Just a 90 minute drive from the capital of China lies the 11,500-acre Songshan National Nature Reserve. The rich biodiversity of this, the first and only national level nature reserve near Beijing, make it a chosen destination for millions who want to experience nature.
The Yangtze River
Originating high on the Tibetan Plateau, the Yangtze River has sustained Chinese civilization for thousands of years. The Yangtze is also China’s principal waterway, its rushing waters promising to electrify the world’s fastest-growing economy.
Yunnan Forests
The Nature Conservancy’s Yunnan project is not just about preserving the region’s rich biodiversity. We are working with partners to help people in China’s most remote and impoverished communities make environmentally sustainable choices that preserve and improve life.
Yunnan Golden Monkey
Deep in the remote forests of southwestern China lives the rare and obscure Yunnan golden (or snub-nosed) monkey. Their human-like features have made them the subject of legends in China.
Learn more about some of the places we are working in China's Yunnan Forests:
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