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Site description (2009 baseline):
Site location and context
Located in north-west Gongshan County, north-west Yunnan Province, the IBA is adjacent to Myanmar in the west, to Gaoligongshan in the east and to Zayü County, Tibet in the north. The Dulong Jiang River is the upper course of the Simeikai Jiang river, and for 91.7 km it follows the boundary of Yunnan Province before entering Myanmar. The vegetation is well preserved, with prominent vertical zonation. The avifauna here has affinities with Indian and Myanmar, and this is the only place where birds such as Tragopan blythii, Brachypteryx hyperythra and Harpactes wardi are found in China.
Non-bird biodiversity: Nationally protected plants include Davidia involucrate, Alsophila spinulosa and Taiwania cryptomerioides. Animals include Panthera tigris tigris, Panthera pardus, Neofelis nebulosa, Macaca assamensis, Budorcas taxicolor and Presbytis pileata.
Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity
Established as a provincial-level nature reserve (375,433 ha) in 1986, but in 2000 this reserve was merged with Gaoligong Shan National Nature Reserve. This IBA was designated under the World Heritage Convention in 2003 as part of the ‘Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site’. It is also part of the ‘Gaoligong Mountain Biosphere Reserve’, which was designated in 2000 under UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dulong Jiang River Valley (China (mainland)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dulong-jiang-river-valley-iba-china-(mainland) on 22/11/2024.
