Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong

Chebaling Nature Reserve, founded in July 1981, was upgraded to a national nature reserve with the approval of the State Council on May 9, 1988. The main protected objects are evergreen broad-leaved forest and rare animals and plants in the middle subtropical zone. It is one of the comprehensive nature reserves in China. The nature reserve is rich in species resources: there are 1928 kinds of plants, including 40 kinds of edible plants, 526 kinds of medicinal plants, 83 kinds of fruit plants, 215 kinds of ornamental plants, 54 kinds of starch plants, 187 kinds of oil plants, 64 kinds of feed plants, 67 kinds of tanning plants and 236 kinds of timber trees. Among these plants, there are 14 kinds of national key protected plants, such as camellia, bole, Cymbidium and tourniquet, and 2 kinds of Guangdong key protected plants. There are 1552 species of vertebrates and insects, including 38 species of mammals, 217 species of birds, 36 species of reptiles, 16 species of amphibians, 25 species of fish and 1220 species of insects. There are 34 species of rare and endangered animals, such as South China tiger, yellow bellied pheasant, Hainan tiger spot (ascending bird), pangolin, Sumen antelope, white bellied Mountain Eagle, silver pheasant and tiger frog. It is located in the northern boundary of south subtropics and the transitional zone of the southern edge of middle subtropics. It is a typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in middle subtropics with large area, concentrated distribution and strong primitiveness. It is a rare "treasure house of species" in the same latitude area of the world. The richness of its flora is comparable to that of Lushan Mountain and Wuyi Mountain. Chebaling National Nature Reserve, known as "the treasure house of species and the Pearl of Nanling", is the first choice for Chinese and foreign scientists to explore and explore. It is also an eco-tourism scenic spot for sightseeing, adventure and rafting.

Chebaling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong

Historical evolution

In May 1988, it was promoted to a national nature reserve with the approval of the State Council. In September 1995, it joined the network of Chinese people and biosphere reserves. In July 1998, it was rated as "Guangdong Environmental Education Base" by the Publicity Department of Guangdong provincial Party committee and the Environmental Protection Bureau of Guangdong Province. In 2004, it was jointly published by the science and Technology Department of Guangdong Province, the Publicity Department of Guangdong provincial Party committee, the Education Department of Guangdong Province, the Tourism Bureau of Guangdong Province and the science and Technology Association of Guangdong Province Science and technology education base "was selected as" China biodiversity conservation demonstration base "by the expert committee of China Biodiversity Conservation Foundation in December 2005, and" the most beautiful natural ecological village in Guangdong "in 2006. It was approved by UNESCO to join the" World Biosphere Reserve "network in September 2007.

geographical environment

Chebaling National Nature Reserve, located in the southeast of Shixing County, Guangdong Province, covers an area of 7545 hectares. It was established with the approval of Guangdong Provincial People's Government in 1982 and promoted to the national level in 1988. Its main protected objects are the middle subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, South China tiger and other rare animals and plants.

Protection target

The main vegetation in this area is subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, and there are well preserved primitive monsoon rain forest. The area is rich in species resources, tropical, subtropical and temperate plants coexist, and there are nearly 2000 species of higher plants, among which there are more than 10 kinds of national key protected plants, such as sightseeing tree, Bole tree, wild tea tree, etc.; there are more than 20 kinds of rare wild animals, including South China tiger, a national first-class key protected animal, which is known as "species treasure house" and "Nanling pearl", and is an ideal scientific research and teaching center base

Address: Shixing County, Shaoguan, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 114.150481

Latitude: 24.703777

Tel: 0751-3462114

Chinese PinYin : Guang Dong Che Ba Ling Guo Jia Ji Zi Ran Bao Hu Qu