International important wetlands in Changde
West Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve, 35,000 ha in size, designated on November 1st of 2002, with the site number 1154, and its RIS was updated in 2008 and 2014. Management Plan approved by the Forestry Department of Hunan Province in 2016
Name any other significant wetland that is fully or partly in the city administrative boundaries
National Wetland Parks:
(1) JinshiMaoli Lake: 4408.9 ha
(2) Taoyuan Yuan River: 751.8 ha
(3) AnxiangShuyuanzhou: 3918.8 ha
(4) ShimenXianyang Lake: 7946.6 ha
(5) LixianChenhuai Lake: 2778 ha
(6) DingchengNiao’erzhou: 1634.5 ha
(7) LinliDaoshui River: 990 ha
(8) HanshouXifeng Lake: 1836.5 ha
Provincial or local level Nature Reserves:
(1) Huayan Creek
(2) Lishui River Delta
(3) Beiming Lake
Wetland Under Protection by other Types of Nature Reserves:
(1) ShimenHupingshan National Nature Reserve:
(2) TaoyuanWuyunjie National Nature Reserve: