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XTBG: Spring Festival Tourists 20.86% up XTBG: Spring Festival Tourists 20.86% up
During the 7-day Chinese New Year Holiday (January 22-28), many people spent their holiday by visiting Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), the only National 5A Tourist Attraction in XIshuangbanna.   According to statistics released by the Department of Public Education & Tourism, 57711 people came to enjoy the b...
XTBG participates in Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Competition 2011/12 XTBG participates in Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Competition 2011/12
Organized by Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and The Fairchild Botanical Garden, the Fairchild Challenge/BGCI Global Competition 2011/12 aims to link plants to the Olympic Games by:   ·  encouraging students to research their country's plant biodiversity and represent it through the creation of an Oly...
Second bird watching festival a full success Second bird watching festival a full success
  The second bird watching festival of XTBG was opened on the New Year day of the 2012. The festival attracted over 3,000 visitors and 18 bird conservation organizations from Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan and other places to exhibit their own work.   The bird watching festival was sponsored by the Swarovski Optical T...
Blue-naped Pitta found in Xishuangbanna Blue-naped Pitta found in Xishuangbanna
  A kind of rarely seen bird in China, the Blue-naped Pitta (Pitta nipalensis) has been recently found in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG).   A group of bird-watchers from Beijing, Fujian, and Jiangsu have found Blue-naped Pitta in December 2011 in the tropical rainforest within XTBG. It is also the first r...
XTBG Bird Watching Festival waits for you XTBG Bird Watching Festival waits for you
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) is one of the 5A National Tourist Attractions and favorite destinations in China for many nature lovers. In addition to its 12,000 plant species, it is also a haven for birds. Up to now, about 170 bird species have been recorded by bird watching lovers.   Asian Barred Owlet (Gl...
China's new forests aren't as green as they seem China's new forests aren't as green as they seem
  Impressive reports of increased forest cover mask a focus on non-native tree crops that could damage the ecosystem, says Jianchu Xu.   Jianchu Xu   In the United Nations' 2011 International Year of Forests, China is heralded as a superstar. Almost single-handedly, the country has halted long-term forest loss across A...
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