Investigations on main protection objects and nature reserve region type in Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve
Definiteness of nature reserves type and main protected objects are the main bases for carrying out the nature reserve functional plan and enacting reserve management laws,regulations and policies.By applying 3S technology,the present situations of the major resources,including woodland,grassland,wetland,glacier,et al.,were investigated.The main protection objects of Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve were proposed to be the forest ecosystem composed of two Chinese endemic species,which are Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) and Qilian Sabina chinensis (Sabina przewalskii),the national key protected wildlife and the Qilian Mountains ecosystem of water conservation.According to the ecological functions and the "Nature Reserve Type and Level of Classification Principles" (GB/T14529-93),the types of Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve were confirmed as the compound type combined by the "nature reserves of natural ecological system" and "wildlife nature reserve" types.The reserve's land in the concentrated distribution areas of the main protection objects and the less human disturbed areas should be classified as ecological land,and divided into buffer and core areas,within strict protection in accordance with the law.
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