A scientific research team has recently discovered that the number of Pedicularis humilis in the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve (GNNR), southwest China's Yunnan province jumped from more than 300 in 2015 to over 1,000. The discovery was made by the scientific research team composed of technicians from the Kunming Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Baoshan management and protection bureau of GNNR during a comprehensive scientific field investigation on the establishment of plant and ecological systems.
In recent years, Malania oleifera, an endangered and valued tree species endemic to China, has been transformed into a cash cow in the Guangnan county of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province. Malania oleifera was included on the list of national key protected wild plants (first batch) published by the State Council in 1999 and was designated as a key protected item in the emergency action plan for the rescue and protection of species with extremely small populations in Yunnan province three years later.
The Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve in Deqin county within the Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture, northwest Yunnan province is known as a paradise for the black snub-nosed monkey, one of China’s first-class protected species. According to a green book on the protection of black snub-nosed monkeys published in April 2021, the number of endangered black snub-nosed monkeys in Yunnan now surpasses 3,300.
The Wenshan National Nature Reserve located in the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan province, is home to a large number of rare and endangered plant and animal species. The natural reserve is a veritable paradise for China's endangered species of wild flora and fauna, said Lu Shugang, a professor with Yunnan University, adding that plants and animals under protection in this reserve include Magnolia plants, Bretschneidera sinensis, Slow loris and Nycticebus pygmaeus.
