Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links
Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in China and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Total number of species: 394 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 77 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996:
75 (19 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
78 (20 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
China contains the Southeast China Subtropical Forests, Hainan Island Forests,
Central China Temperate Forests, Yangtze River & Lakes, and Yunnan Lakes & Streams
Global 200 Ecoregions
as well as portions of the Northern Indochina Subtropical Moist Forests, Russian
Far East Temperate Forests, Altai-Sayan Montane Forests, Middle Asian Mountains Temperate
Forests, Eastern Himalayan Broadleaf & Conifer Forests, Eastern Himalayan Alpine
Meadows, Tibetan Plateau Steppe, Daurian Steppe, Russian Far East Rivers & Wetlands,
Mekong & Salween Rivers, and the Yellow Sea & East China Sea Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
China is a Megadiversity
Country (Cons. Intl. 1999b)
Population in 1995: 1,218,800,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 127.0 people/sq km (328.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 1,236,914,658 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 1.4 % (World Bank 1992)
Area: 9,596,961 sq km (3,705,407 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 32 %; Medium: 35 %; High: 33 % (WRI 1994)
Area: 283,580 sq km (109,462 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 0.01 % totally protected; 2.94 % partially protected;
2.95 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $364 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,800 (World Almanac 1999)
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 38 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 62 % (1990); Male: 84 % (1990) (WRI 1994)
References: Cons. Intl. 1999b, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2003a, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for China): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles
Links for China (in English unless otherwise specified): China.org, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment & Development, China Daily Newspaper, China Insight - Information Network, China List, China News Digest (Chinese/中文 and English), Chinese Biodiversity Information Center - Zoological Division, Chinese Environmental Laws and Regulations, Science Museums of China (Chinese/中文 and English), The Nature Conservancy - China, Wildlife Conservation Society - China (Chinese/中文 and English), World Wide Web Virtual Library - China, World Wildlife Fund/WWF - China (Chinese/中文 and English), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Hong Kong (Chinese/中文 and English), Yangtze Valley Water Resources Protection Bureau (Chinese/中文, English)
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