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Welcome to watch birds in XTBG Welcome to watch birds in XTBG
As the National Day holiday is coming, bird watching in Xishuangbanna goes into the best season (from October to February). All bird lovers are welcomed to watch birds in XTBG, the largest tropical botanical garden in China.   Up to now, about 170 bird species have been recorded by bird watching lovers. More species are wai...
Children take a walk on nature's wild side Children take a walk on nature's wild side
  The NGOs Friends of Nature and Beijing Brooks Education Center organize activities to help children bond with nature at Beijing's Olympic Forest Park on Aug 29. Experts fear that future work to protect the environment will be undermined if children do not become familiar with the great outdoors. Feng Yongbin / China Dail...
Ploceus philippinus population found in Dai Village Ploceus philippinus population found in Dai Village
A small population of baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus ) was found in Chengzi village, a Dai village near Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) by bird lovers in early September. Here are photos of baya weaver and its nest.   baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus ) (Image by Shi Lingling)   nest of baya weaver   Ba...
Some prize winning pictures of the Orchid Photography Contest Some prize winning pictures of the Orchid Photography Contest
The Orchid Photography Contest came to an end in early August. The prize winning photos were announced on August 5.   The contest was open to the public with the purpose to promote appreciation of the orchids and the art of photography. The organizing committee received 500 photo entries. The judging panel finally selected ...
Preventing Bird Collision with Actions and a Game in XTBG Preventing Bird Collision with Actions and a Game in XTBG
Bird collision caused by transparent and reflective characteristics of glass are quite common all over the world. In XTBG, birds were occasionally found dead near the buildings with big windows for collision. To eliminate this problem one must make glass visible to birds.   In addition to taking actions to protect birds fro...
Urban pupils have summer camp at XTBG Urban pupils have summer camp at XTBG
A group of 30 pupils from Kunming Lianhua Primary School opened the summer camp of XTBG in early July. The summer camp is aimed at leading children from urban city to know about tropical rainforest, having intimate contact with nature, and increasing their awareness of protecting ecological environment and loving nature.   ...
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