Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

The targets of China’s national park construction are to protect the authenticity and integrity of the ecosystems, and to achieve the harmonious development between humans and nature. Because of the high intensity of human activities, the authenticity of ecosystems has deviated over the past few dec...

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Autores principales: Xinquan Zhao, Tianwei Xu, Jacob Ellis, Fuquan He, Linyong Hu, Qi Li
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:78f9ce3d84844936adbf0cab9abbb7362021-12-02T17:55:40ZRewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau2332-887810.1080/20964129.2020.1776643https://doaj.org/article/78f9ce3d84844936adbf0cab9abbb7362020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1776643https://doaj.org/toc/2332-8878The targets of China’s national park construction are to protect the authenticity and integrity of the ecosystems, and to achieve the harmonious development between humans and nature. Because of the high intensity of human activities, the authenticity of ecosystems has deviated over the past few decades. It is time to rewild the wildlife and restore the authenticity of these ecosystems. The status of rewilding wildlife in Sanjiangyuan National Park, indicating that the wildlife population, diversity and wildness have increased within the National Park. The wildlife population in the national park has been restored, with about 60,000 Tibetan antelope, 60,000 Tibetan gazelle, 36,000 Tibetan wild ass, 10,000 wild yak, and 10,000 white-lipped deer up to 2017. However, overgrazing existed on the alpine grassland with population increasing both of ungulates and livestock.Xinquan ZhaoTianwei XuJacob EllisFuquan HeLinyong HuQi LiTaylor & Francis Grouparticlewildliferewildingconservationsanjiangyuan national parkEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcosystem Health and Sustainability, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2020)
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language EN
topic wildlife
rewilding
conservation
sanjiangyuan national park
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle wildlife
rewilding
conservation
sanjiangyuan national park
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Xinquan Zhao
Tianwei Xu
Jacob Ellis
Fuquan He
Linyong Hu
Qi Li
Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
description The targets of China’s national park construction are to protect the authenticity and integrity of the ecosystems, and to achieve the harmonious development between humans and nature. Because of the high intensity of human activities, the authenticity of ecosystems has deviated over the past few decades. It is time to rewild the wildlife and restore the authenticity of these ecosystems. The status of rewilding wildlife in Sanjiangyuan National Park, indicating that the wildlife population, diversity and wildness have increased within the National Park. The wildlife population in the national park has been restored, with about 60,000 Tibetan antelope, 60,000 Tibetan gazelle, 36,000 Tibetan wild ass, 10,000 wild yak, and 10,000 white-lipped deer up to 2017. However, overgrazing existed on the alpine grassland with population increasing both of ungulates and livestock.
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author Xinquan Zhao
Tianwei Xu
Jacob Ellis
Fuquan He
Linyong Hu
Qi Li
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Tianwei Xu
Jacob Ellis
Fuquan He
Linyong Hu
Qi Li
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title Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
title_short Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
title_full Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
title_fullStr Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
title_full_unstemmed Rewilding the wildlife in Sangjiangyuan National Park, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2020
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