高黎贡山自然保护区是一个“天然基因库”,活的博物馆,久已闻名于全球,被世界各国所关注。建国以后,在政府的重视下,有关部门对高黎贡山曾先后进行了一些考察。一九五八年就规划了自然保护区,一九八○年进行过踏查,初步确定了境界范围,一九八一年我们对本区原始典型的中亚热带湿性常绿阔叶林、亚高山地带暗针叶及阔叶混交林带地区的植被、树种、森林资源、药用植物、 Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve is a “natural gene bank”, a living museum, long known in the world, has been the concern of all countries in the world. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, under the government’s attention, relevant departments conducted some inspections on Gaoligongshan. In 1958, the Nature Reserve was planned. In 1980, a preliminary survey was conducted to determine the scope of the boundary. In 1981, we analyzed the characteristics of the original typical subtropical humid evergreen broad-leaved forest, subalpine Dark coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest zone vegetation, tree species, forest resources, medicinal plants,