The resources survey report on the Gansu Yellow River Three Gorges Wetland Natural Protection Area

Wetland has great environmental regulation and ecological benefit functions. As a newly established natural protection area, the three gorges artificial wetland in Gansu Yellow river are still rarely known about their natural resources. Based on materials and digitized information, as well as field survey, the natural resource in the wetland was investigated. The results show that there are rich plant resources in the wetland, and a total of 252 plant species were founded, which belonging to 65 families and 181 genera. Animal resources included 23 species of mammals, 141 species of birds, 3 species of reptiles, 4 species of amphibians, and 36 species of fish. However, due to human activities and other factors, the degradation of the wetland community has been increased, which has caused a great loss. According to the existing problems, some suggestions are put forward, such as grazing and reclamation.