Extinction Causes and Conservation Measures Assessment for Mengxin Beavers in China

Xiaoyu Song

2024

Abstract

Originating 2 million years ago, the Mengxin beaver is the only kind of species that can be found in China. Due to its rarity and the small size of its exisiting population, it warrants serious investigation, and yet its behavior and its role in the ecosystem are poorly understood and little researched. Mengxin beaver has essential research value as new evidence from a recent field study has shown that they are essential in establishing and maintaining biodiversity in the Wulundu River of Xinjiang Province. However, the population of the species remains relatively small due to climate change and human encroachment on their natural habitat. The main goal of this study is to raise public awareness of the persistent decline of the species as well as their importance to the ecosystem and highlight the need to protect them. The possible methods will be discussed with a particular focus on a multistakeholder participatory approach that involves the government, researchers, the local community, and the general public. The previous protection measures rely too heavily on the leadership of central government. But it fails to incorporate the needs and concerns of local community as protection of natural habitat of beavors often causes conflict to their livelihood. Neither does it recognize the importance of greater public engagement beyond the local community. The protection effort this study envisions will address these gaps and create a synergy of multistakeholders’ participation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Song X. (2024). Extinction Causes and Conservation Measures Assessment for Mengxin Beavers in China. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Ecosystem - Volume 1: ICREE; ISBN 978-989-758-776-4, SciTePress, pages 109-113. DOI: 10.5220/0013847600004914

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icree24,
author={Xiaoyu Song},
title={Extinction Causes and Conservation Measures Assessment for Mengxin Beavers in China},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Ecosystem - Volume 1: ICREE},
year={2024},
pages={109-113},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013847600004914},
isbn={978-989-758-776-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Ecosystem - Volume 1: ICREE
TI - Extinction Causes and Conservation Measures Assessment for Mengxin Beavers in China
SN - 978-989-758-776-4
AU - Song X.
PY - 2024
SP - 109
EP - 113
DO - 10.5220/0013847600004914
PB - SciTePress