Table of Contents

1. -An Overview of China's Biodiversity
2. General Policy Guidelines
3. Development of the National Forestry Nature Reserve System Plan
4. Species Gap Analyses and Hot Spots
5. Evaluation of Priority Ecosystems and Gap analysis
6. Planning of National Nature Reserves
7. Ranking and Prioritizing Nature Reserves in the Systems plan
8. Budgeting for Priority National Nature Reserves
9. Annexes
(1) Selected Indicator Bird Species
(2) Selected Indicator Mammal Species
(3) Selected Indicator Plant Species
(4) Protection GAP for Birds
(5) Protection GAP for Mammals
(6) Priority Indicator Plants Covered in Existing National Reserves
(7) Priority Indicator Plants Covered in Existing Provincial or County Level Reserves
(8) Evaluation Table on Continental Ecosystems
(9) Forest Ecosystems for Prioritized Protection and their Distribution
(10) Grassland and Desert Ecosystems for Prioritized Protection and their Distribution
(11) Information on Ecosystems under Protection in National Nature Reserves
(12) Protection GAP for Priority Ecosystems
(13) List of National Nature Reserves Ranked for Overall Importance for Biodiversity Conservation
(14) Summary Estimate Budgets for Class I, II Priority Nature Reserves