Greetings From a Chinese EcoPark
03/13/2009
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Courtesy of Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute
I wrote a story last fall on Pan Wenshi—China's founding father of conservation biology—and the white headed langur, an endangered monkey he’s spent the past decade trying to save.
At the time, Pan told me I really should come back in late winter when the year’s newborns still have their bright yellow fur, so when the chance came for me to make a return visit, I jumped!
I’m now mid-way through a two-week stay at the Chongzuo EcoPark, a 24-square km nature reserve a stone’s throw from the Vietnam border in southern China.
Courtesy of Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute
The very phrase Chinese-nature-reserve may sound like a contradiction of terms, but this tiny island of biodiversity—in a country that is admittedly otherwise choking on its own pollution—is absolutely breathtaking.
When Pan arrived here 13 years ago, locals were well on their way to poaching the last remaining langurs, felling what was left of their forest habitat for firewood, and blasting their mountain home into limestone quarries.
Courtesy of Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute
Over the past decade, however, he’s had phenomenal success working with surrounding villages to help bring them out of poverty and to foster an interest in wildlife protection. The end result has been rapid reforestation within the reserve and a five-fold increase in the langur’s population--including one really cute newborn that we’ve been watching the past few days.
It's an interesting thing to
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I would love to visit
I would love to visit Chongzuo EcoPark one day! That monkey is a beautiful animal, I hope that there are more of these out there and that they do not become endangered. Thanks. Ryu @ Dolls Prams and Kettles and Toasters
The Chongzuo Park seems to
The Chongzuo Park seems to be a a great place, the pictures are so captivating it says a lot about the Park. I'm more interested in seeing the young langurs in their bright yellow fur because I never saw one like the featured in the picture here. Pan has pioneered a very important purpose. Poaching animals should be restricted very strictly because it endangers wildlife and even wipes out some very important species. A five-fold increase in the Langur's population is a very positive development.
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Sweet photo of this
Sweet photo of this youngster :-)
I never heart something from Chinese EcoPark before. Thank you for posting and sharing it.
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