Yunnan golden monkeys (rhinopithecus roxellanae) are seen at the Baima Snow Mountain State Nature Reserve in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 8, 2009. The number of Yunnan golden monkeys has risen from more than 500 in 1983 to around 1,300 at present at the nature reserve thanks to the protection efforts of local government and residents. There are some 2,000 Yunnan golden monkeys altogether in China. Yunnan golden monkeys, of which only China boasts, are a kind of animals listed in Category I of the Chinese Wildlife Protection Act and one of the most endangered animals in Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Endangered monkey population revives in China

    DIQING, Yunnan, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The population of a rare snub-nosed monkey species in a southwest China nature reserve has nearly tripled over the past 26 years, Xie Hongfang, chief of the reserve's administration bureau, said Monday.

    The population of the Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys in the Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve has seen growth from 500 in 1983 to about 1,300 now with the steady improvement of the ecological environment and a poaching crackdown. Full story

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