Photo shows a glimpse of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China. (Photo courtesy of the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) As the only comprehensive preservation facility for the storage of wildlife germplasm resources in China, the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, a wildlife seed bank located in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan province, has preserved 85,046 samples of seeds of 10,601 species, accounting for 36 percent of the total number of flowering plant species found in China.
KUNMING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Ecological Civilization Forum of the ongoing 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) kicked off on Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the official designation of the country’s first group of national parks while addressing the leaders’ summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) via video link on Tuesday. The first group of national parks includes the Three-River-Source National Park, the Giant Panda National Park, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, and the Wuyishan National Park, according to Xi.
Jiaozi Mountain located in southwest China's Yunnan Province, is home to a diverse array of flora and fauna, including many of China's endemic species as well as rare or endangered animals and plants. Photo shows a glimpse of Jiaozi Mountain in Yunnan province.
