China to declare new reserve for Siber...( a second protected area in the Wandasha...)

a second protected area in the Wandashan Mountains, another key area for tigers in northeast China. Xioachen Yu, a Heilongjiang Wildlife Institute wildlife biologist who has been conducting a tiger monitoring program with the support of WCS, has located areas where tigers cross the international border from Russia into the Wandashan Mountains.

"We have tigers in Heilongjiang," Yu said. "If we protect them, I know we can recover the population here." Based on recommendations from the Heilongjiang Wildlife Institute and WCS, the Heilongjiang Forestry Department and Heilongjiang Forest Industry Bureau are seeking to create the Wandashan Reserve within the upcoming year. The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the worlds largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and global scale. WCS believes its ability to perpetuate such a world is intrinsic to the integrity of life on Earth.

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Contact: Stephen Sautner
ssautner@wcs.org
718-220-3682
Wildlife Conservation Society
5-Sep-2001

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