明清以来合浦地区主要野生动物的变迁——以地方志为中心来考察

从明到民国初期，合浦地区野生动物资源相对比较丰富，然而从民国末期到中华人民共和国解放初期，一些重要的野生动物逐年减少，甚至濒临灭绝。造成这种灭绝的原因主要是森林覆盖率的减少、生态环境的变坏以及人为的破坏。森林覆盖面积减少，生态环境变坏的原因有天灾、人为以及病虫害，其中最主要的因素还是天灾和人为的破坏。

Transition of Main Wild Animals in Hepu Zone since Ming and Qing Dynasty——investigation according to the local chorography

Resource of wild animals in Hepu Zone were abundance correspondingly from Ming Dynasty to early days of Republic of China, but some crucial wild animals decreased year after year, and even died out from later of Republic of China to early years after the People＇s Republic of China liberated. The main reasons are decrease of forest coverage, destroying of ecological environment and human being＇s destroying. The reasons of decrease of forest coverage and destroying of ecological environment were visitation of providence, behavior of human being, plant disease and insect pests, the main factors still were visitation of providence and destroying of human being.