China

Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve

Jiuquan, China

+32 birds

Where the Altun Mountains rise across the high desert basin of northwestern China, one encounters a landscape shaped by extremes—cold, aridity, and relentless altitude. Spanning over…

Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve

Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+204 birds+3 mammals

High-altitude ridges and steep-sided valleys define this reserve in northwestern Yunnan, where elevations surge from around 3,000 metres to peaks above 4,100 metres. The terrain supports…

Caohai National Nature Reserve

Bijie, China

+93 birds

At roughly 1,900 metres elevation on Guizhou's high plateau, Caohai sprawls across a temperate landscape shaped by pronounced seasonal extremes. Winters here are dry and cool,…

Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve

Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China

+443 birds+13 mammals

Giant Panda National Park

Mianyang, China

+447 birds+47 mammals

Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This…

Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

Haikou, China

+69 birds+1 mammals

Tropical forests blanket the volcanic slopes of central Hainan, where moisture-laden winds from the South China Sea collide with mountainous terrain to create some of China's…

Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, China

+194 birds+7 mammals

Across the high plateau of northwestern Sichuan, a geological wonder unfolds where limestone terraces and mineral-rich springs have sculpted one of China's most distinctive natural monuments.…

Jiuzhai Valley

Jiuzhaigou County, China

+226 birds+7 mammals

Where crystalline alpine streams cascade through limestone gorges and karst terrain rises in dramatic vertical walls, Jiuzhai Valley unfolds across nearly 1,300 square kilometers of southwestern…

Mount Nanling Forest Park

Ruyang Forest Farm, China

+179 birds+3 mammals

Granite ridges and weathered peaks rise through a canopy of subtropical montane forest where Ruyang Forest Farm anchors one of southern China's most biodiverse landscapes. Across…

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Mu Dan Jiang Shi, China

+202 birds+19 mammals

Across the temperate forests of northeastern China, where winters grip the landscape in subzero silence and summers remain cool and brief, the Mudanjiang region supports a…

Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve

Shangrao, China

+270 birds+7 mammals

Where the Yangtze River's massive floodplain spreads across central China, Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve encompasses one of the continent's most dynamic and water-rich wetland systems.…

Qiangtang National Nature Reserve

Ngari Prefecture, China

+34 birds+5 mammals

Across the high Tibetan plateau north of Nagqu sprawls one of Earth's most extreme alpine tundra ecosystems, where vast expanses of sparse grassland and barren terrain…

Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve

Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China

+243 birds+11 mammals

At 3,200 metres above sea level on the Tibetan plateau, where winter temperatures plunge far below freezing and snow blankets the landscape for half the year,…

Sanjiangyuan National Park

Nagqu, China

+187 birds+25 mammals

Where the headwaters of three great Asian rivers emerge from a high alpine plateau, the landscape unfolds in tundra and dwarf shrubland—a world of austere beauty…

Wolong National Nature Reserve

Wenchuan County, China

+333 birds+17 mammals

Where the Qingyi River cuts through the eastern flanks of the Minshan Range, a temperate montane forest cloaks steep valleys in dense canopy that thins dramatically…

Wulingyuan

Jundiping, China

+97 birds+3 mammals

Sandstone peaks erupting from forested valleys define this sprawling 993-square-kilometre national park in Hunan Province, where vertical cliffs rise dramatically above lush subtropical woodland. The landscape—a…

Wuyishan National Park

Yanshan County, China

+141 birds+2 mammals

Where subtropical monsoon rains sustain a perpetually humid landscape, Wuyishan National Park rises from Fujian's eastern plateau as a realm of forested ridges, cascading streams, and…

Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, China

+173 birds+2 mammals

Where subtropical monsoon forests meet the margins of the Yunnan plateau, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve sprawls across a landscape of dramatic relief—deep river valleys carved by…

Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Yancheng, China

+208 birds+4 mammals

Where the East China Sea's tidal rhythms sculpt the Jiangsu coast, Yancheng National Nature Reserve sprawls across one of Asia's most dynamic wetland complexes. This vast…

Zhalong National Nature Reserve

Qiqihar, China

+78 birds

Across the wetlands of northeastern China, where the Heilongjiang climate swings between brutal winters and warm summers, lies one of East Asia's most vital refuges for…