Title
Insights on Community-Based Conservation Planning in Amur Tiger Habitat
Author(s)
Jennifer Chin.
Published
2011
Abstract
China’s rate of economic development has skyrocketed in the last few years. Habitat loss due to development is one the greatest global threats to species. Already, an estimated 40% of China’s ecosystems have been destroyed, and 15-20% of its species are highly threatened1. Bordered by the steppes of Mongolia, the East China Sea, the jagged Himalayas and the lush tropics of southeast Asia, China encompasses so many ecosystems that it is easily one of the most biodiverse regions of the world. China is home to 450 mammal species, 1200 bird species, 340 reptile species and 25,000 insect species – it may be argued that the most charismatic of these is the Amur tiger (Pathera tigris altaica), the largest of the tiger subspecies.

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