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Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Site number:
1213
Type of site: Natural
Date of Inscription: 2006
Location: Asia, China, Sichuan Province
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Description: Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (covering 924,500 ha with seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks in the Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains) is home to more than 30% of the world's highly endangered pandas. The sanctuaries amount to the largest remaining adjoining habitats of the giant panda, remaining as such since the paleo-tropic forests of the Tertiary Era; the site is also the species' primary site for captive breeding. Aside from the Panda other globally endangered animals, such as the red panda, the snow leopard and clouded leopard, also inhabit the sanctuaries. They are the most affluent botanical sites in the world (aside from the tropical rain forest regions) with between 5,000 and 6,000 flora species in over 1,000 genera. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available.
  The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (simplified Chinese: 四川大熊猫栖息地; traditional Chinese: 四川大熊貓棲息地; pinyin: Sìchuān Dàxióngmāo Qīxīdì) located in southwest Sichuan province of China, is the home to more than 30% of the world's highly endangered Giant Pandas and is among the most important sites for the captive breeding of these pandas. It covers 9245 km² with seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks in the Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains. Along with the Giant Panda, the sanctuary is a refuge to other endangered species such as the red panda, the snow leopard, and the clouded leopard. Outside of the tropical rainforests, it is among the botanically richest sites of the world, and is home to between 5,000 and 6,000 species of flora. It has been noted that the region is similar to the paleo-tropic forests of the Tertiary Era. The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries consist of seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1213
Reference: 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page.
 
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