Southwest China

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July 10, 2009
Gains for Wild Tigers
Wild tigers have gained ground recently — literally as well as politically. A partnership between the World Bank and the Smithsonian Institution will build capacity of officials in tiger range countries.

August 10, 2007
Protecting Yunnan’s Snub-nosed Monkeys
Communities and nature reserve officials are working together to protect an Endangered monkey found only in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot.

May 18, 2007
Jisha Village Sets First for Environmental Law in China
An influential new textbook on Chinese environmental law has for the first time used the work of a local nongovernmental organization as a case study.

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Press Releases

October 7, 2008
New Research Shows World’s Mammals Face Growing Extinction Threat
Tropical deforestation, over-hunting and other environmental crises are wiping out the world’s mammals at an unprecedented rate, according to new research published by Science Magazine.

December 11, 2007
Has the Yew Tide Turned?
A recent TRAFFIC report, Trade and conservation of Taxus in China, sheds light on China’s role in the continuing and unsustainable trade in wild Yew trees in the Genus Taxus

July 20, 2006
Tiger Habitat Down From Just a Decade Ago
The most comprehensive study of tiger habitats ever done finds that they reside in 40 percent less habitat than a decade ago.

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