Achievements,challenges,and recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal wetlands  

作　　者：Zhijun Ma Chi-Yeung Choi Xiaojing Gan Jing Li Yang Liu David S.Melville Tong Mu Theunis Piersma Zhengwang Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering,National Observation and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary,Fudan University,Shanghai,200438,China [2]Division of Natural and Applied Sciences,Environmental Research Centre,Duke Kunshan University,Kunshan,215316,Jiangsu,China [3]The Paulson Institute Beijing Representative Office,Beijing,100006,China [4]Spoon-Billed Sandpiper,Shanghai Environmental Protection Technology Co.,Ltd.,Shanghai,201100,China [5]State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol,School of Ecology,Sun Yat-Sen University,Guangzhou,510275,China [6]Global Flyway Network,Wakefield,7096,New Zealand [7]Princeton School of Public and International Affairs,Princeton University,Princeton,NJ,08544,USA [8]NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research,Department of Coastal Systems,P.O.Box 59,1790,AB Den Burg,Texel,the Netherlands [9]BirdEyes,Centre for Global Ecological Change,and Conservation Ecology Group,Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences(GELIFES),University of Groningen,9700,CC Groningen,the Netherlands [10]CEAAF Center for East Asian-Australasian Flyway Studies,Beijing Forestry University,Qinghua East Road 35,Haidian District,Beijing,100083,China [11]Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering,School of Life Sciences,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875,China

出　　处：《Avian Research》2023年第3期305-314,共10页鸟类学研究（英文版）

基　　金：financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFF1301004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31830089 and 32170518);TP’s work in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway through Global Flyway Network was supported by WWF-Netherlands,the MAVA Foundation and many other benefactors

摘　　要：China’s coastal wetlands provide breeding,migration stopover,and wintering habitats for about 230 waterbird species,which is more than a quarter of all waterbirds in the world.Large-scale and high intensity human activities have resulted in serious loss and degradation of coastal wetlands over the past half century,causing population declines in many waterbirds.Through a literature review and expert surveys,this article reviews conservation measures taken in recent decades to protect waterbirds in China’s coastal wetlands and provides recommendations for future conservation action from three aspects:policy and administration,habitat conservation and management,and multiparty participation.Over the past decades,many conservation legislation,regulations and action plans at the national level and more site-specific measures and interventions have been implemented,with notable improvement in the effectiveness in policy making and multi-stakeholder participation.Accordingly,some threats to waterbirds have been mitigated and many key sites for waterbirds have been designated as strictly protected nature reserves.However,some critical issues still remain,mostly related to habitat conservation and management,such as coastal wetland restoration,control of invasive Spartina alterniflora,control of environmental pollution,and improvement of artificial habitat quality.We highlight that protecting natural tidal wetlands and improving habitat quality are critical for the conservation of coastal waterbirds,especially those highly dependent on the intertidal wetlands.China has demonstrated strong commitment to ecological conservation and restoration for the future,in terms of both funding and policies for biodiversity and wetland ecosystems.It is important that this commitment to conserve coastal waterbirds is supported continuously by science-and evidence-based decisions and actions.

关 键 词：Coastal zone East Asian-Australasian Flyway HABITAT Intertidal flat Management SHOREBIRD 

分 类 号：Q958.8[生物学—动物学]