Animal Info - China (original) (raw)

Contents

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in China and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the [2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals](../refi.htm#iucn 2004 red list - species search).

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 394 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 77 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 75 (19 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 78 (20 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

China contains the Southeast China Subtropical Forests, Hainan Island Forests, Central China Temperate Forests, Yangtze River & Lakes, and Yunnan Lakes & StreamsGlobal 200 Ecoregions as well as portions of the Northern Indochina Subtropical Moist Forests, Russian Far East Temperate Forests, Altai-Sayan Montane Forests, Middle Asian Mountains Temperate Forests, Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer Forests, Eastern Himalayan Alpine Meadows, Tibetan Plateau Steppe, Daurian Steppe, Russian Far East Rivers & Wetlands, Mekong & Salween Rivers, and the Yellow Sea & East China Sea Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
China is a Megadiversity Country (Cons. Intl. 1999b)

Population

Population in 1995: 1,218,800,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 127.0 people/sq km (328.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 1,236,914,658 (World Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 1.4 % (World Bank 1992)

Area/Land Use

Area: 9,596,961 sq km (3,705,407 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 32 %; Medium: 35 %; High: 33 % (WRI 1994)

Protected Lands

Area: 283,580 sq km (109,462 sq mi) (Groombridge 1992)
Percent of land protected: 0.01 % totally protected; 2.94 % partially protected; 2.95 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge 1992)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $364 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,800 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 38 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 62 % (1990); Male: 84 % (1990) (WRI 1994)

References: Cons. Intl. 1999b, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,IUCN 2000, [IUCN 2003a](../refi.htm#iucn 2003 species search), Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for China): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles

Links for China (in English unless otherwise specified): China.org, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment & Development, China Daily Newspaper, China Insight - Information Network,China List, China News Digest (Chinese/中文 and English), Chinese Biodiversity Information Center - Zoological Division, Chinese Environmental Laws and Regulations, Science Museums of China (Chinese/中文 andEnglish), The Nature Conservancy - China, Wildlife Conservation Society - China (Chinese/中文 andEnglish), World Wide Web Virtual Library - China, World Wildlife Fund/WWF - China (Chinese/中文 and English), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Hong Kong (Chinese/中文 andEnglish), Yangtze Valley Water Resources Protection Bureau (Chinese/中文,English)

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