Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve

Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve

The Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve is an area of wetland in the Yangtze basin near Shishou city.The nature reserve was an intended sanctuary for the Baiji (Yangtze River Dolphin) and is currently holding 28 Finless Porpoises. [cite web | url = http://www.wwfchina.org/english/loca.php?loca=412 | title = Scientists Join Hands to Seek the Last Yangtze River Dolphin | publisher = WWF China | accessdate = 2007-08-19]

ee also

*Baiji
*Yangtze Freshwater Dolphin Expedition 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.baiji.org/initiatives/ecotourism_tian_e_zhou.html The baiji.org Foundation] , Tian-e-Zhou Oxbow Nature Reserve
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5122074.stm BBC News] "Last chance for China's dolphin"


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