Nature, Wildlife & the Environment

Haikou had 361 blue skies in 2020 and reached a good air quality rating of 98.6% with an impressive environmental protection scorecard

A draft law on wetland protection in Hainan was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.

A nature walk in the Haikou countryside with ox, ducks and the Long-tailed Shrike

Workers at the Hainan state forestry guard have recently begun to spot more and more local species of leopard cat near big settlements, reported Hainan Daily.

There are 11 species of second class protected birds in China. Including brown-winged cuckoo, small cuckoo, white spoonbill, owl, black-winged kite, black kite, white-bellied harrier, brown-eared eagle, kestrel, peregrine falcon, black-faced spoonbill

We last visited the Meishe River Wetlands Park back in 2018 when reconstruction had just finished. We revisited the park to see the progress.

Hainan Province will formally ban non-degradable disposable plastic products such as bags and tableware from today December 1, 2020.

Over one million saplings have been planted across 1950 acres of mangrove in Haikou Jiangdong area

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The "Haikou Wetland Protection and Restoration Project" from Haikou stood out among many applications and won annual awards in the "Green Innovation" and the "Nature Protection” categories.

On November 11, a survey of the elusive Hainan Gibbons was launched at the Bawang ridge by the Bawangling Branch of Hainan National Park Administration.

After a couple of hours leisurely strolling around the west coast of Haikou with a camera and zoom lens, we managed to snap these six birds.