KFBG Blog: China Eco Tales
Two new records of Stripe-backed Weasel in Yunnan
Although the Stripe-backed Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) is listed as Endangered on the China Species Red List, we know very little about this small carnivore's status across the country apart from a ...
Tracking the world’s rarest primate in the rainforests of Hainan
On the first morning monitoring Hainan Gibbons at Hainan Island's Bawangling National Nature Reserve, my team tracked the species' biggest family unit, Group C, in hopes of catching a glimpse of its ...
Rescued rare birds find new home in Cambodia
With the help of KFBG, our partner in Cambodia has recently transferred four rescued, globally threatened waterbirds known as the Asian Woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus) to the country's largest wildlif...
Hot off the press: Results of biodiversity survey of Yunnan’s Gaoligongshan Mountains
The internationally renowned Journal of Threatened Taxa just published a special edition on the results of our joint four-year biodiversity survey of Gaoligongshan Mountains (Tengchong Area) in Yunna...
KFBG participates in IUCN Red List evaluation for China’s lizard and gecko species
The conservation status for nearly 200 China's lizard species, which was assessed for the first time last year to help prioritise conservation action, have started to go live in phases on the IUCN Re...
The Mount Gaoligong Flying Squirrel
Kadoorie Conservation China Department (KCC) of KFBG team up with the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other partners have recently discovered a new mammal species, the M...
Concerted efforts to protect China’s last River Terns proved successful - Major threats mitigated and population doubled
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) led a five-month collaborative project to save the River Tern (Sterna aurantia), a species on the verge of extinction in China. Through conducting first popul...
Mist nets: Invisible and deadly traps for wildlife
An Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher fell victim to near invisible mist nets Have you ever walked into a shop window because you are so focused with the display items that you couldn’t see the transpar...
Eld’s deer census confirms population rise in Hainan
Unfazed by searing heat and onslaught of biting ticks, a 30-strong survey team marched in a line into the thorny undergrowth of eastern Bangxi Provincial Nature Reserve in Hainan, China. From the thi...
A Forest Ranger's Story: From Logger to Parataxonomist
In the past, I went into the forest, cut down valuable trees to make a living. But now, I go into the forest to protect them from people like I used to be. As a reserve warden, I thought I would onl...