Category: Nature, Wildlife & the Environment

Hainan has released a strategy and action plan, calling for the restoration of 30 percent of its degraded ecosystems by 2030 to ensure a natural coastline retention rate of more than 63 percent.

With the 2024 Spring Festival travel season starting on January 26th, residents across the island are wondering when the ongoing cold wave, which has seen the island sink into an unusual winter chill, will come to an end

Around 8 a.m. on January 3rd, following an alert from a person walking along the beach, a report was made about a stranded whale near the coastline of Haitang South Road in Sanya.

Originally found across Southeast Asia, Siamese crocodiles are now limited to fragmented habitats in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Indonesia. They inhabit freshwater habitats such as rivers, lakes, and marshes.

Infrared cameras capture images of protected wildlife, including Hainan Eld’s deer, small civets, round-nosed monitor lizards, leopard cats, as well as Hainan rabbits

Learn about the discovery of the Roudouye Mountain Damselfly in Hainan's Meishe River Wetland Park and its significance for local conservation efforts.

Discover the challenges of rainfall risks on Hainan Island, including mudslides and flash floods. Learn about vulnerable areas and how to recognize precursor signs for safer travel.

Hainan Province and the U.S. state of California unveiled a significant joint initiative on August 3rd, to combat climate change.

Download the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Hainan Province and California, on climate change mitigation here