Recently, the Project Department of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) received an application from volunteers in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province to establish a black bear conservation area, with the aim of effectively protecting the black bear and reducing conflicts between people and bears.
According to survey data, Heilongjiang Province is one of the important habitats of Chinese black bears. However, the number of black bears has dropped sharply from 2,559 in 1992 to about 1,110 at present. This trend has aroused urgent attention from the international and domestic communities to the protection of the living environment of black bears.
Chinese black bears have been listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 1996, and have also been included in the list of China’s second-level protected animals. Although the international and domestic efforts to protect black bears have been strengthened, the living environment of black bears still faces great difficulties due to the continuous degradation and human interference of their habitats.
The establishment of the black bear conservation area not only protect the survival of them, but also to reduce the potential risk of human-bear conflict. The volunteer team includes members with animal rescue experience and local villagers, who have in-depth understanding and research on the local ecological environment and the complexity of human-bear interaction.
Original article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yvRUMAvGsLaKp8YK5IEn_A
Translator: Sara
Checked by Richard
Editor: Sara
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