FULL CONTENTS
Introduction
Invitation
Guidance from compiler
Amur-Heilong River Basin at a glance
Table on Amur comparison with other basins
Natural and Cultural Heritage of Amur
Acknowledgements
Guide to environmental information sources
Useful links on Amur-HeilongRiver Basin issues
Amur-Heilong River Basin Reader – link to full PDF and References
Glossary
Abbreviations
Amur-Heilong on the Globe
Basemap of Amur Heilong River basin
Topography of Amur Heilong River basin
Political divisions
GIS: Amur-Heilong Natural Heritage
GIS: Amur Topography
Climate
Amur climate
Precipitation in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Temperature in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Climate fluctuations, floods and droughts in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Cranes and storks and climate change in Middle Amur
Great Bustard and White-naped Crane response to climate cycles in Dauria
Global climate change predictions and signs in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Ecosystem response to climate change in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Socio-economic response to climate change in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Map collection: Climate, waters and water management
Maps: Precipitation in Amur River Basin (from Lasserre 2003
Songhua Floodplain map(ADB 2000)
Amur waters and water management
Waters:
Amur waters
Western rivers of headwaters of Amur-Heilong River Basin
Lakes and reservoirs of Amur-Heilong River Basin
Lakes of Western Amur-Heilong River Basin
Lakes of Eastern Amur-Heilong River Basin
Water management:
River between –environmental perspective on Amur water management
Water infrastructure in the Amur-Heilong River Basin
Dam development in Russia
Water management and dams in China
Water Transfers in China
Water transfers and wells in Mongolia
Development of dykes
Case Study on international planning: "Joint Comprehensive Scheme on Amur and Argun Rivers”
Is there enough water?
WCD lessons for Amur
Water pollution conundrum
Maps: Simplified hydrography of Amur River basin (Basemap)
Detailed hydrography of Amur River basin
Wetlands of Amur
Water infrastructure: dams and water transfers
PDF document: Songhua River pollution maps in PDF (ADB 2005)
Amur river system
Water management
Water pollution
Ecosystems and ecoregions
Landscape diversity in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Landscape changes throughout recent geological history
Amur-Heilong River Basin Ecoregional zoning
Global 200 ecoregions in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Boreal forests of Amur-Heilong River Basin:
East Siberian taiga
Trans-Baikal coniferous forests
Da Xing'an-Dzhagdy Mountains coniferous forests
Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga
Alpine ecosystems:
Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain Tundra
Tiger forests - Temperate forests:
Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests
Manchurian mixed forests
Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Changbai Mountains mixed forests
Global 200 Dauria Steppe:
Daurian forest steppe
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland
Nen River grassland
Global 200 Amur Wetlands:
Amur meadow steppe
Suifen-Khanka meadows and forest meadows
Wetlands of Lower Amur Mountain Valley Ecoregion
Map collection: Land cover, ecosystems and ecoregions
Maps: Topography of Amur Heilong River Basin
Landuse/Land cover –SPOT satellite imagery
Dominant soil types of Amur River Basin
Vegetation map
Vegetation density
Change in Forest Cover in Amur Heilong River Basin
Wetlands
Floristic zones
Fauna types
Terrrestrial ecoregions
Global 200 Ecoregions
Freshwater ecoregions
Map collection: Natural vegetation zones change (Time series - 7 maps)
Way to the Ocean.Okhotsk - Manchurian Taiga
Da Hinggan - Dzhagdy forest ecoregion in Russia
Stanovoi Range: taiga and tundra
Ussury forests
Small Hinggan
Changbaishan
Daurian steppe
Song-Nen plain
Amur meadows and wetlands – Amur midflow
Khanka Lake and Upper Ussury Wetlands
Lower Amur Wetlands
GIS: Soil and vegetation
Species diversity and use of biological resources
Species richness in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Fish:
Amur Fish diversity
Kaluga sturgeon
Salmonid diversity
Amphibians and reptiles:
Chinese soft-shelled turtle
Birds:
Bird migrations
Red-crowned crane
White-naped crane
Oriental White Stork
Siberian Spruce Grouse
Swan Goose
Mammals:
Large mammals and their migrations
Big cats of Amur-Heilong River Basin
Mongolian gazelle
Goral
Plants:
Plants of life
Korean pine
Asian ginseng
Lotus
Hunting and harvest:
Exploitation of wild fauna and flora in Amur-Heilong River Basin
Hunting in Russian Far East
Mongolian hunting case study
The harvest of biological resources in China
Trade in flora and fauna in Russian Far East
Fisheries:
History and reasons for the collapse of Amur fisheries
Russian fisheries
China fisheries
Sino-Mongolian fisheries on Lake Buir
Total catch in Russia (table)
Amur-Ussury Fishing rules
Fish vs Pollution
Salmon vs forestry
Map collection: Species richness
Maps:
Mammals
Breeding birds
Diurnal butterflies
Vascular plants
Fish
Species richness index in Southern RFE
Map collection: Distribution of charismatic species
Tiger
Leopard
Map collection: Wildlife trade destinations (12-maps)
Fish diversity
Cranes
Storks
Bustard
Geese
Siberian grouse and its relatives
Waterbirds and bird migrations
Amur cats
Turtle and other relatives of the black dragon
Plant life in Amur basin
Fisheries
Hunting
Wildlife trade
GIS: Amur-Heilong Natural Heritage)
Web-site: Hooded crane (Link to www.grusmonacha.org)
Nature conservation: protected areas and ecological network
Protected areas in Amur basin
Protected areas coverage in Amur River Basin
Protected areas types in Russia, Mongolia, China
Russian protected areas
Mongolian protected areas
China nature reserves
Protected areas planning
Cooperation between nature reserves
Econet-ecological networks:
WWF Vision for Amur-Heilong Conservation
Conservation along the border
Wetland conservation
Grassland conservation and migratory wildlife
Selected Amur-Heilong protected areass and proposed fields of cooperation (Table)
Ecological Network for Amur: The Amur-Heilong Green Belt Concept
Model areas for transboundary conservation:
Dauria international Protected Area-DIPA
Middle Amur – Sanjiang wetlands
Khanka – Ussury wetlands and forests
Small Hinggan Mountains-Three Gorges of Dragon River
Land of the Leopard
Map collection: Protected areas
Protected areas of Eurasia
Protected areas and human footprint
Protected areas of Amur-Heilong (all)
Major protected areas of Amur-Heilong
Upper Ussury –Lake Khanka
Khanka Lake international nature reserve
Small Hinggan transboundary area (Manchurian forests ecoregion)
Dauria Steppe Global 200 ecoregion
Protected areas in Russia
Protected areas in China
Protected areas in Mongolia
Three gorges of the Dragon River
Countries & cultures
Countries and provinces
Population density and demographic trends
Mongolia Population
China Population
Russia Population
Cultures and languages
Ethnic groups in Mongolia
Ethnic groups in China
Ethnic groups in Russia
Migration processes in Amur-Heilong
Map collection: Countries and cultures
Amur on the globe
Political map of Amur Heilong River basin
Population of AHRB in 1990s
Countries and cultures:
Russia
Mongolia
China
Economic development and its impacts
Economic development: Sustainable future of Amur-Heilong
Russia – status of economy
Northeast China - status of economy
Mongolia – status of economy
Russia-China cooperation
Mongolian Foreign Trade and Cooperation
Mongolian trade diagrams-2003
Comparison table on Eastern Mongolia and Xinganmeng China
Comparison table on southern RFE and Heilongjiang Province, China
Policy for Revitalizing Old industrial Bases in NE China
Cumulative impacts -how much is affected?
Human Impacts and Threats to Biodiversity
Threats to major ecosystems in the Russian Far East Ecoregion-table
"Strategic considerations on environmental issues of Revitalizing Old industrial Bases in NE China"
"Strategy Recommendations"
Our questions on "Strategy Recommendations"
Gloomy forecast of the future environmental impacts
Map collection: Environmental impacts of economic development
GLOBIO human impact assesment
Human footprint and ecoregions of Amur
Human footprint and protected areas coverage
Threats to biodiversity in Southern Russian Far East
Industrial Development in Songhua River Basin (ADB 2005)
GIS: Human footprint
Web-site:Programs “Development of East Siberia and the Far East”: http://regionalistica.ru/project and atlas http://neweconomy.ru/en/index.htm
Land use
Land-use trends:
General trends in land-use
Recent changes in land-use in three countries
Agriculture:
Amur Agriculture
Agricultural development in Northeast China
Agricultural development in Eastern Mongolia
Russian agriculture
Russian agricultural land and production in RFE-tables
Northeast Asia cooperation in agriculture
Environmental impacts of argiculture
Land degradation and desertification
Conversion of wildlands to farmland
Forestry:
Timber harvest in the Russian Far East
Major human-induced impacts on forest ecosystems of RFE (table)
Timber trade
Other land-use issues:
Fire
Nature tourism in the Amur/Heilong River Basin
Transport infrastructure impacts
Oil&gas Basin
Oil&gas impacts
Russian mining
Mongolian mining
Map collection: Landuse and agriculture
Soil Degradation Severity
Abandoned cropland in Zeya Bureya Plains
Frequency of fires in tiger/leopard habitat in Southern Primorsky Province by WCS
Density of cropland in China in 2000 (by Liu 2005)
Cropland change in China in 1990-2000 (by Liu 2005)
Northeast China irrigation (by F.Lasserre)
Map collection: Forestry
Change in Korean Pine Forest Cover and Composition
Map collection: Oil & gas
Russian oil&gas exports
Pipelines in Amur River basin
Map collection: Transportation
Northeast Asia Transportation (TumenNET GEF project map)
Major Trans-Asian Railroads
Asian major highway route map
Proposed Millenium Road in Mongolia
Agriculture in China
Agriculture in Russia
Agriculture in Mongolia
Wild fires
Land degradation
Oil & gas and mining
Transportation infrastructure
Logging and timber trade
Non-timber forest products
International policy
International agreements and conservation policy - Need for a Cooperation Framework
Russia-China agreements on environmental protection and natural resources(table)
China-Mongolia environmental agreements
Ramsar convention in Amur Basin
Participation in biodiversity conventions
Examples of bilateral and regional conventions and action plans
GEF in Amur Basin
Attachments
Amur-Heilong Natural Heritage (GIS project attachments)
Natural and Cultural Heritage of Amur:
Keystone species profiles and species distribution maps:
Introductory tour of Amur basin
Natural Heritage photogalleries:
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