USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / China

Workshop urges action to protect critically endangered duck

By Chen Liang | China Daily | Updated: 2018-03-29 07:24

Few people have heard of the Baer's pochard, a duck that at first glance resembles the mallards readily seen around Beijing.

There are fewer than 1,000 of the migratory, diving ducks living in the wild, making them rarer than the giant panda, and the Baer's pochard has been classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature since 2012.

Even fewer people know that the Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve in Hebei province, about 250 kilometers southwest of Beijing, is home to the world's biggest known population of Baer's pochards - with 309 individuals recorded on March 8 last year - making it vital to their survival in the wild.

Workshop urges action to protect critically endangered duck

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US