Situation and Strategy of Biodiversity Conservation in the Houhe National Nature Reserve,Hubei Province,China Ⅱ.Situation,Threaten and Strategy of Biodiversity Conservation

The Houhe National Nature Reserve(HNNR) is rich of biodiversity,and as a part of the key region of biodiversity from the eastern Sichuan to the western Hubei and northwestern Hunan,which is one of the three biodiversity centers in China.However,biodiversity of HNNR was damaged in the past years mainly by deforestation and hunting,since Wufeng is a poverty mountainous county and forest industries has been its main economic pillar for a long time.Fortunately,with the establishment and development of the reserve, the biodiversity richness has been effectively protected,especially after its upgrading to national level in 2000,the effort to conservation strategy in HNNR has been greatly enhanced.At the same time,biodiversity in HNNR is still facing threat from various factors.The shortage of research personnel and small size of its area have limited advanced study and conservation of the biodiversity in the reserve.For the future conservation and recovery of the biodiversity,introducing well-trained research personnel and improving the research facilities,enlarging the areas of the reserve and advancing the community co-management are the highest priorities for the moment.