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  • Chinese Moon Moth or Chinese Luna Moth, Actias dubernardi, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China
    SWD-2019-04-12-121310.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-102513 (3).jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-102818.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, chicks with wings spread in a nest, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-073125 (2).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085408.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-104509.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-104123.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-103451.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-102629 (1).jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-101300 (3).jpg
  • Chinese goral, Naemorhedus griseus, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
    SWD-2019-04-21-071313 (1).jpg
  • Chinese goral, Naemorhedus griseus, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
    SWD-2019-04-21-071413 (1).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, sitting in a nest feeding chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-070354 (5).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-072435.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-075552 (3)vertical cr...jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-075552.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085409.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-091729 (2).jpg
  • Chinese Toad, Bufo gargarizans, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-12-070938 (1).jpg
  • Chinese Toad, Bufo gargarizans, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-12-070938 (2 crop).jpg
  • New sprouts of Chinese fir, Cunninghamia lanceolata, Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China
    SWD-2017-05-01-190340.jpg
  • New sprouts of Chinese fir, Cunninghamia lanceolata, Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China
    SWD-2017-05-01-193815.jpg
  • A branch of a Chinese larch, Larix chinensis,  in the  Baima Snow Mountain Nature reserve, Yunnan, China
    SWD-2017-10-25-093456.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-104023 (1).jpg
  • Chinese goral, Naemorhedus griseus, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
    SWD-2019-04-21-071409.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-071807.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085408 (5).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085409 (2).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085409 (2)vertical cr...jpg
  • Chinese photographer demonstrating his photographing glasses, Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Mount Wuliang Nature Reserve in Jingdong county, Yunnan, China
    MLU-20170930-124756-80S.jpg
  • Chinese photographer taking a photo with his mobile phone, Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Mount Wuliang Nature Reserve in Jingdong county, Yunnan, China.
    MLU-20170930-123120-71US.jpg
  • Vegetation growing up on a Chinese poem about Chrysanthemum flowers, East Lake Greenway park Botanical garden, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-11-085832 (1).jpg
  • Portrait of a chinese man smiling at the camera, Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China
    SWD-2017-05-06-181059.jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-104550 (1).jpg
  • Chinese Box turtle or Yellow-margined turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Banyan garden protected forest, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
    SWD-2019-05-09-101437 (2).jpg
  • Chinese Silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis, Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei, Taiwan
    SWD-2018-10-29-014112.jpg
  • Chinese goral, Naemorhedus griseus, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
    SWD-2019-04-21-071409. vertical crop.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, chicks in nest, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-060424 (3).jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-075552 (3)tight crop.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085409 (2)tight crop.jpg
  • Chinese Sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis, flying from its nest with chicks, Guangshui, Hubei province, China
    SWD-2018-07-18-085409 (1).jpg
  • Chinese Toad, Bufo gargarizans, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-12-070938 (1 crop).jpg
  • Lisu people, baby sitting in traditional chinese baby buggy while getting photographed by foreign photographers in Xiang Bai village, Dehong, Yunnan, China
    SWD-2018-04-11-163746.jpg
  • Stone by the road close to ranger station, painted with gibbons and chinese letters in red at Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, in Jingdong county, Yunnan Province, China.
    MLU-20170930-181636-12S.jpg
  • Goby, Pterogobius zacalles, found in shallow rocky bottoms. Range: Northwest Pacific around Japan and Cheju Island in the Yellow Sea. Chinese name 1 五带高鳍鰕虎鱼, Chinese name 2 五帶高鰭鰕虎魚 photographed by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-093232-98S-v2.jpg
  • Goby, Pterogobius zacalles, found in shallow rocky bottoms. Range: Northwest Pacific around Japan and Cheju Island in the Yellow Sea. Chinese name 1 五带高鳍鰕虎鱼, Chinese name 2 五帶高鰭鰕虎魚 photographed by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-094116-77US.jpg
  • Chinese cobra, Naja atra, found in southern China and a couple of neighboring nations and islands. It is one of the most prevalent venomous snakes in mainland China and Taiwan. Shek Pik (Chinese: 石壁), southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. IUCN Redlist; Vulnerable. This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160701-031654-93US.jpg
  • Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii, (Chinese 許氏平鮋), Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-100342-91S.jpg
  • Korean rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii, (Chinese 許氏平鮋), Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-100756-29S.jpg
  • Chinese cobra, Naja atra, found in southern China and a couple of neighboring nations and islands. It is one of the most prevalent venomous snakes in mainland China and Taiwan. Shek Pik (Chinese: 石壁), southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. IUCN Redlist; Vulnerable. This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160701-032131-54US.jpg
  • Chinese cobra, Naja atra, found in southern China and a couple of neighboring nations and islands. It is one of the most prevalent venomous snakes in mainland China and Taiwan. Shek Pik (Chinese: 石壁), southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. IUCN Redlist; Vulnerable. This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160701-032225-80US?.jpg
  • This plant is a Chinese Angelica, Angelica dahurica, in Chinese Bai Zhi. The knowledge about the medical properties of this plant's roots, so-called Dahurican root, has been dated back to Ancient China, already as early as 400 BC. It is from a family called Apiaceae or Umbelliferae that includes many thousands of species, many of which are used by humans as vegetables or herbs and spices, like carrot, parsley, dill, coriander, celery, carroway, cumin, parsnip, chervil, angelica, anise or fennel. Other species in the same family are instead very poisonous.<br />
San He District Forest, near Yichun city, Heilongjiang Province, China
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  • Mr Xie, Chinese photographer smiling while looking in the cmaera, Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, in Jingdong county, Yunnan Province, China.
    MLU-20170930-171617-62S.jpg
  • Filefish, Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, by the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-101603-91S.jpg
  • Chinese wildlife photographers looking through their cameras and taking pictures at He Xin Chang Forest reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
    SWD-2017-05-12-102116 (2).jpg
  • Close up of Chinese red birch, or Betula albosinensis, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
    SWD-2016-10-04-124116_01.jpg
  • Close up of Chinese red birch, or Betula albosinensis, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
    SWD-2016-10-04-105951 (3).jpg
  • A Chinese Larch, Larix chinensis, in the afternoon mist at Mount Taibaishan Nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
    SWD-2017-09-16-143528.jpg
  • Close up of Chinese red birch, or Betula albosinensis, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
    SWD-2016-10-04-165630_01.jpg
  • Close up of Chinese red birch, or Betula albosinensis, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China
    SWD-2016-10-04-164523.jpg
  • "Love", in Chinese carved into a tree at Tongbiguan nature reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China
    SWD-2017-05-05-193703.jpg
  • Chinese wildlife photographers looking through their cameras and taking pictures at He Xin Chang Forest reserve, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
    SWD-2017-05-12-102027.jpg
  • A herdsmans cabin under Chinese larch trees, Larix chinensis, in autumn colours in the Baima Snow Mountain Nature reserve, Yunnan, China
    SWD-2017-10-23-155236.jpg
  • Local man collecting Indian, or Sacred Lotus flower stalks to eat, Nelumbo nucifera, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-09-131150.jpg
  • Local man collecting Indian, or Sacred Lotus flower stalks to eat, Nelumbo nucifera, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-09-130557.jpg
  • Local man collecting Indian, or Sacred Lotus flower stalks to eat, Nelumbo nucifera, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China
    SWD-2018-06-09-131240 (1).jpg
  • Qingniu Dongtian "Green Buffalo Cave Heaven" Taoist Temple, Taibaishan nature reserve, Shaanxi, China
    SWD-2017-09-17-090617.jpg
  • Fish and musselfarms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-043226-55US.jpg
  • Fish and musselfarms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-041724-28US.jpg
  • Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also called the manul, sitting in chinese mountain landscape, Tibetan Plateau 5000 m asl, Qinghai, China
    SWD-2016-10-07-101015crop2.jpg
  • Dinner time in the small camp, near the glacier lake at  Mount Bawu Bameng, in the Meili Snow Mountain National park, Yunnan China. Two chinese man are sitting near the campfire and are cooking.
    SWD-2017-10-20-191402.jpg
  • Staff form Ocean Park Conservation Fund, OPCF, ans students visit Ha Pak Nai to see the juvenile chinese horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus, a mudflat in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-154757-75US.jpg
  • Low tide at Ha Pak Nai. A wetland area dominate by a mudflat, Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. It is one of few place where juvenile Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, is found. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-181334-46US.jpg
  • Ha Pak Nai is a very popular sunset spot for young people. Ha Pak Nai is a wetland area dominate by a mudflat, Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. It is one of few place where juvenile Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, is found. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-183121-33US.jpg
  • Scientist meauring water data when monitoring Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, Pink dolphin, Sousa chinensis. Tai O (大澳), western side of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. Near Threatened, IUCN Red List, listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), “Grade 1 National Key Protected Species” in mainland China. There are four major populations in mainland China, including Pearl River Estuary, Xiamen, Beibu Bay and Leizhou. The largest population is found in the coastal areas of Pearl River Estuary, including the waters of Hong Kong and Macau. Only 61 individuals in Hong Kong.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160625-162111-80US.jpg
  • A small transponder (sender) injected into the juvenile chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, before the release. Lcoation Ha Pak Nai, a wetland area, mud-bank in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160630-125145-30US.jpg
  • Chinese cobra, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. 眼镜蛇,大屿山,中国香港。
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  • Japanese spiky sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus. Belongs to the family Stichopodidae, and it is found in shallow temperate waters. Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into. High commercial value.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-093523-08S.jpg
  • Japanese rockfish, Sebastes cheni, juvenile, Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-093924-58S.jpg
  • The eye spot on one of the arms of a Blue bat star, Patiria pectinifera, found in the northern Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Japan, China and Russia. In literature, this species is often referred to Asterina pectinifera; the accepted name is now Patiria pectinifera. Photographed just off Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-094347-91S-v2.jpg
  • Training for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Tueng Ng Festival, is one of the favourites of Chinese Festivals celebrated in the territory. Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Training for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Tueng Ng Festival, is one of the favourites of Chinese Festivals celebrated in the territory. Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Old shells from the chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, Ha Pak Nai is a wetland area, mud-bank in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-150148-43US.jpg
  • Staff form Ocean Park Conservation Fund, OPCF, ans students visit Ha Pak Nai to see the juvenile chinese horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus, a mudflat in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-154902-80US.jpg
  • Locals using salt to catch mollusks in the mud with a high risk of creating a unbalances salinity in Ha Pak Nai is a wetland area dominate by a mudflat, Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. It is one of few place where juvenile Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, is found. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160617-175217-72US.jpg
  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, Pink dolphin, Sousa chinensis. Tai O (大澳), western side of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. Near Threatened, IUCN Red List, listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), “Grade 1 National Key Protected Species” in mainland China. There are four major populations in mainland China, including Pearl River Estuary, Xiamen, Beibu Bay and Leizhou. The largest population is found in the coastal areas of Pearl River Estuary, including the waters of Hong Kong and Macau. Only 61 individuals in Hong Kong.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
    MLU-20160625-104252-80US.jpg
  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, Pink dolphin, Sousa chinensis. Tai O (大澳), western side of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. Near Threatened, IUCN Red List, listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), “Grade 1 National Key Protected Species” in mainland China. There are four major populations in mainland China, including Pearl River Estuary, Xiamen, Beibu Bay and Leizhou. The largest population is found in the coastal areas of Pearl River Estuary, including the waters of Hong Kong and Macau. Only 61 individuals in Hong Kong.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, Pink dolphin, Sousa chinensis. Tai O (大澳), western side of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. Near Threatened, IUCN Red List, listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), “Grade 1 National Key Protected Species” in mainland China. There are four major populations in mainland China, including Pearl River Estuary, Xiamen, Beibu Bay and Leizhou. The largest population is found in the coastal areas of Pearl River Estuary, including the waters of Hong Kong and Macau. Only 61 individuals in Hong Kong.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Dolphin scientist arriving back to Tai O village after a day of monitoring the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, Pink dolphin, Sousa chinensis. Western side of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. Near Threatened, IUCN Red List, listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), “Grade 1 National Key Protected Species” in mainland China. There are four major populations in mainland China, including Pearl River Estuary, Xiamen, Beibu Bay and Leizhou. The largest population is found in the coastal areas of Pearl River Estuary, including the waters of Hong Kong and Macau. Only 61 individuals in Hong Kong.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Secondary school students release a juvenile horseshoe crabs that has been artificially-bred by City University of Hong Kong, and collectively releasing them into the wild after about six months. Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, Ha Pak Nai is a wetland area, mud-bank in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Secondary school student interviewed TV channel about the  release of juvenile horseshoe crabs that has been artificially-bred by City University of Hong Kong, and collectively releasing them into the wild after about six months. Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, Ha Pak Nai is a wetland area, mud-bank in the Yuen Long District facing Deep Bay, New territories, Hong Kong, China. Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all, but are most closely related to spiders, scorpions and trilobites. Tachypleus tridentatus is a species of horseshoe crab found in the seas off China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. IUCN status is; data deficient.<br />
This Image is a part of the mission Wild Sea Hong Kong (Wild Wonders of China).
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  • Chinese white dolphin in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China. 中华白海豚,大澳,大屿山,中国香港。
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  • 春季盛开的紫荆花,唐家河自然保护区,四川,中国。Blooming Chinese redbud, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China.
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  • Bird's-nest fern (Asplenium antiquum) or "Shan Su" in Chinese is a delicacy served on Taiwanese tables, Walami Yushan National Park, Hualian, Taiwan.
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  • Chinese domestic goose looking suspicous at the camera in Wuliangshan Nature Reserve, Mount Wuliang Nature Reserve in Jingdong county, Yunnan, China.
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  • FIsh and mussel farms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
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  • FIsh and musselfarms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
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  • Fish and musselfarms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
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  • Fish and musselfarms by Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
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  • Japanese spiky sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus. Belongs to the family Stichopodidae, and it is found in shallow temperate waters. Zhifu Island (Chinese: 芝罘島), Shandong Province, China, byt the Bohai Sea, that is the inner part of the Yellow Sea where both the Yellow River and Hai He flow into. High commercial value.<br />
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Conservation: The Yellow Sea is one of the most threatened marine areas on earth. Land reclamation has destructed more than 60% of tidal wetlands in only 50 years. Rapid coastal development for agriculture, aquaculture and industrial.development are primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region. In addition pollution, harmful algal blooms, invasion of introduced species are having a negative effect. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea marine ecosystem.
    MLU-20170924-093425-02S-v2.jpg
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