Abstract: Taking Haoping Protection Station (one of 4 stationsof this reserve)as an example, after describing present situation of animal andplant resources and the facts that they were damaged, this paper analyzed the main factors threatening animal and plant diversity of Taibai Mountain National Nature Reserve, such as overexploitation of resources by local communitydue to poverty, unsound management, permeation of commercial operation and overdevelopment of tourism programs with no suitable management. Additionally, considering concrete situations, this paper also presented some strategies for achieving sustainable development of this nature reserve, which were improving community residents’ living level, improving management and developing cautiously tourism programs in form of ecotourism. Strategies for sustainable development of nature reserve presented in this paper might shed some light on operationin other nature reserves in Qinling Mountains.

Key words: Taibai Mountain, reserve, animal and plant resources, diversity, threatening factors, sustainable development, strategies