Central China's Henan province plans to build seven breeding bases for endangered wildlife over the next five years, provincial forestry authorities said Saturday.

The breeding bases, located in the cites of Jiyuan, Jiaozuo, Sanmenxia and Xinyang, will mainly take on missions to save endangered wild animals like rhesus monkeys, snow leopards, swans, crested ibis, pronghorns and wild plants like Chinese yew.

The province will also establish 11 rescue and breeding centers for other wild animals and plants during the same period.

In the meantime, the province has kicked off a second wildlife survey aimed at looking into the population and geographical distribution of wildlife.

The first wildlife survey in 2003 showed that Henan is home to 15 species of animals that need national first-level protection and 79 species that need second-level protection.

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