Huping Mountain National Nature Reserve

The Huping Mountain National Nature Reserve is located in Shimen County, Changde City, at the northeastern end of the Wuling Mountains. It is the largest forest ecosystem nature reserve in Hunan Province. The natural reserve has a forest coverage rate of 90.2% and a vegetation coverage rate of 98.7%. It is home to over 9,120 recorded species of flora and fauna. The natural reserve has ancient biota, rich biodiversity, rare and endangered species, and typical ecological systems. It is regarded as a valuable gene bank for precious species in central China and as a treasure endowed with the most complete species lineage in the same latitude zone of the Eurasian continent. It holds significant scientific research value and global importance. The natural reserve was listed as one of the 17 biodiversity key areas of global significance in China in 1998 and as one of the 200 globally important ecological regions in 2001.

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn