Pondering on scope and management of the proposed Songnen Plain Crane Homeland National Park

The nature reserves on the Songnen Plain integrated the naturalness, typicality, rarity and diversity, and were also the important habitats for the breeding and resting of rare migratory birds in China. Our research indicated the several important issues faced by the protection and management of the Songnen Plain Nature Reserves. In terms of spatial locations, five protected regions of the proposed Songnen Plain Crane Homeland National Park are divided from the north to the south, including the Zhawu region, the Mingshui region, the Tumuji region, the Momoge region and the Xiangke region. The core values of the proposed Songnen Plain Crane Homeland National Park were clarified for wetland types and biodiversity conservation. By sorting out origin of the proposed Songnen Plain Crane Homeland National Park, our research proposes a series of cross regional integrated management measures and spatial distribution suggestions for the proposed Songnen Plain Crane Homeland National Park. Our research would provide ideas for the determination of wetland type National Parks.