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Site description (2009 baseline):

Cenwang Laoshan is located in north-western Guangxi Autonomous Region, on the border of Tianlin and Lingyun counties, and at the edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The vegetation has prominent vertical zonation, with a large area of stunted high-mountain forest, coniferous-broadleaf mixed forest, evergreen deciduous forest and commercially-exploited forest.

Non-bird biodiversity: Nationally protected plants include Fokienia hodginsii and Emmenopterys henryi. Nationally protected animals include Python molurus, Andrias davidianus, Manis pentadactyla, Macaca mulatto, Viverra zibetha, Viverricula indica and Moschus berezovskii.

Established as a county-level nature reserve in 1982, and proposed for upgrading to a national nature reserve in 2003.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cenwang Laoshan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cenwang-laoshan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/11/2024.