Protect coastal wetlands in China to save endangered migratory birds

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. 2017 Jul 11;114(28):E5491-E5492.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706111114. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Protect coastal wetlands in China to save endangered migratory birds

Hong Yang^{1

2}, Mingguo Ma¹, Julian R Thompson³, Roger J Flower³

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¹ Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; hongyanghy@gmail.com mmg@swu.edu.cn.
² Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
³ UCL Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

PMID: 28626042
PMCID: PMC5514757
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1706111114

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Protect coastal wetlands in China to save endangered migratory birds

Hong Yang et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 11;114(28):E5491-E5492.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706111114. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Authors

Hong Yang^{1

2}, Mingguo Ma¹, Julian R Thompson³, Roger J Flower³

Affiliations

¹ Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; hongyanghy@gmail.com mmg@swu.edu.cn.
² Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
³ UCL Department of Geography, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

PMID: 28626042
PMCID: PMC5514757
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1706111114

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Limited and degraded coastal wetlands in China threaten migratory birds. (A) China’s coastal wetlands along the East Asia–Australasian Flyway. NK, North Korea; SK, South Korea. Global maps data from www.gadm.org/country. East Asian–Australasian Flyway data from ref. . (B) Nature reserves and unprotected major wetlands in China’s coastal zone. Nature reserves include national, provincial, and other nature reserves. Nature reserve and unprotected wetland data from ref. . (C) Decline in coastal wetland area in China. Data from ref. . (D) Illegal mist-netting in protected areas exacerbates the decline of migratory birds. This photograph was taken in Zhejiang Province. Reproduced with permission from www.cnsphoto.com.

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[3] Runge CA, et al. Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds. Science. 2015;350:1255–1258. - PubMed

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[8] Sun Z, et al. China’s coastal wetlands: Conservation history, implementation efforts, existing issues and strategies for future improvement. Environ Int. 2015;79:25–41. - PubMed

[9] Murray NJ, Clemens RS, Phinn SR, Possingham HP, Fuller RA. Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea. Front Ecol Environ. 2014;12:267–272.

[10] Murray NJ, Clemens RS, Phinn SR, Possingham HP, Fuller RA. Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea. Front Ecol Environ. 2014;12:267–272.

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