China's Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase I) were inscribed to the World Heritage List as a natural site on Friday at a ceremony held in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, on Sunday, one year after its approval by the 43rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The decision to inscribe the Chinese natural site on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage List was unanimously supported by all members of the World Heritage Committee.
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China are located in the Yellow Sea eco-region, containing the world’s largest continuous mudflat seashore. It is the central node of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, which is the most threatened migratory flyway worldwide and boasts the largest number of endangered and critically endangered species. The area has a high biodiversity, with about 280 species of fishes and more than 500 species of invertebrates, providing a variety of food resources for millions of migratory birds.
