Biodiversity situation in Jiangsu

Plant Resources

On April 30, 2019, the official website of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of jiangsu Province announced that jiangsu Province has abundant plant resources, with over 2200 species belonging to 672 genera in 157 families of seed plants, over 130 species belonging to 64 genera in 32 families of ferns, and about 850 species of wild plants.. The national key agricultural wild plants in jiangsu Province mainly include more than ten species, such as wild water chestnut, wild lotus, wild soybean, zoysia japonica, and codonopsis pilosula. Most of them are distributed in hilly and mountainous areas, Rivers and Lakes, coastal areas, and other regions, with rich edible, feeding, and medicinal values

On February 24, 2024, the People's Government of jiangsu Province announced the "List of Key Protected Wild Plants in jiangsu Province (First Batch)", which includes 19 species of wild plants belonging to 18 genera and 17 families (including taxonomic units below the species level). In the "List", there are 13 families, 14 genera, and 15 species under the management of forestry authorities, including pine fern, Chinese chestnut, magnolia, thin leaved Runnan, centipede orchid, spotted orchid, large flowered spotted orchid, winged locust, wild early cherry, Langya elm, green sandalwood, mountain jujube, Chinese toon Sichuan pepper, Nanjing oak, and Sizhao flower; There are 4 families, 4 genera, and 4 species under the management of the agricultural and rural authorities, namely Zhang'er Xixin, Xiaoyue Kiwi, Cangshu, and Laoshan Yanfeng

Animal Resources

In April 2024, the "jiangsu Province List of Terrestrial Vertebrates (2024)" was officially released. The directory includes 628 species of terrestrial vertebrates naturally distributed in jiangsu Province, including the phylum Chordata and the suborder Vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Among them, there are 71 species of mammals, 482 species of birds, 54 species of reptiles, and 21 species of amphibians

Nature Reserves

Since 2006, jiangsu Province has successively built eight national agricultural wild plant original habitat reserves (sites), with a total protection area of about 13550 mu. The protected target species include wild water chestnut, wild lotus, wild water shield, wild soybeans, zoysia japonica, wild tea, etc., involving three major areas of southern jiangsu, northern jiangsu, and central jiangsu, including four wild aquatic plant original habitat reserves (sites), which are distributed in the Taihu Lake Lake, Hongze Lake, Gaoyou Lake and other watersheds

jiangsu Province has abundant wildlife resources. As of March 2, 2023, nearly 300 infrared cameras have been deployed in hilly and mountainous areas throughout the province to monitor wildlife resources, and long-term monitoring of wildlife and plant resources has been carried out in 48 important wetland areas. jiangsu has successively established 31 nature reserves, 76 wetland parks, 68 forest parks, and designated 48 concentrated distribution areas for wildlife. On March 2, 2023, the jiangsu Province Wildlife Artificial Breeding Database was officially launched

Mineral Resources

On May 7, 2024, the official website of the jiangsu Provincial People's Government announced that 135 types of mineral resources have been discovered in jiangsu, including 78 identified reserves.. There are 493 mining areas in the province with confirmed mineral resource reserves, of which 77% are small and medium-sized. Strategic minerals such as coal, iron, and copper are in short supply. Rich in mineral resources such as rock salt, garnet, titanium ore (rutile), attapulgite clay, geothermal energy, etc