Changbai Shan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)) IBA | Text

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Changbai Shan Nature Reserve

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Site description (2009 baseline):

Site location and context

Located in south-eastern Jilin Province, with North Korea to the south-east. The IBA is in the core area of Changbai Shan’s primary forest, with prominent vertical zonation of vegetation from temperate coniferous-broadleaf mixed forest to tundra on the summit.

Key biodiversity

Non-bird biodiversity: Nationally protected animals include Panthera tigris altaia, Martes zibellina, Cervus nippon, Lutra lutra and Naemorhedus goral.

Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity

Established as a provincial-level nature reserve in 1960, and upgraded to a national nature reserve in 1986. Changbai Shan was designated in 1979 as a ‘Biosphere Reserve’ under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Changbai Shan Nature Reserve (China (mainland)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/changbai-shan-nature-reserve-iba-china-(mainland) on 23/12/2024.