Current location:world >>
SW China's Yunnan makes great efforts to protect wildlife species
world1216People have gathered around
IntroductionAs one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, southwest China's Yunnan province has made major effort ...
As one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, southwest China's Yunnan province has made major efforts to protect its vast diversity of wildlife species.
Yunnan boasts all manner of ecosystem types apart from oceans and deserts and is home to 2,242 species of vertebrates, accounting for 51.4 percent of the country's total, and 19,333 species of already known higher plants, or 50.1 percent of the country's total.
Photo shows a golden monkey in the Yunnan Golden Monkey National Park located in Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan province. (Photo/Chinanews.com)
Over the past two years, new species have been discovered almost every one or two weeks in Yunnan. Meanwhile, more than 100 species have been discovered in the Gaoligong Mountains located in the western part of the province over the past 10 years.
In a bid to protect these diverse species, Zhang Ting, a seed collector with the Kunming Institute of Botany of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his colleagues spend about a third of their time each year in the wild, collecting a total of 10,601 species and preserving 85,046 specimens for the Chinese germplasm bank of wild species.
Zhang calls his work "offering insurance" for wild plants. "We deposit seeds in a 'bank', so that if they are needed, these seeds can be returned to the wild, which also gives species conservation an additional safeguard," he explained.
Yunnan is also committing itself to protecting Germplasm resources for rare species of animals such as black snub-nosed monkeys and black-necked cranes.
The green peacock, a critically endangered species with a total population of less than 600 and found only in Yunnan, maintains normal brooding activities in all the main distribution areas, with the distribution range of the species in some areas expanding prominently.
Monitoring of the green peacock population in a nature reserve in Shuangbai county, Yunnan province carried out by Yang Xiaojun, a researcher with the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows that thanks to enhanced patrolling efforts in recent years, the population of green peacocks in the reserve and its surrounding areas has expanded from 52 in 2015 to nearly 100.
Apart from green peacocks, the population of black snub-nosed monkeys in the province has also increased from more than 1,400 in 2000 to more than 3,000, and the number of black-necked cranes overwintering in Yunnan has soared from more than 1,600 in 1996 to over 3,000.
In a bid to restore the habitat space of rare species, Yunnan has contributed one seventh of its territorial area to nature reserves. According to statistics, today, Yunnan has approved the establishment of a total of 362 nature reserves.
In addition, 90 percent of the province's important ecosystems, more than 90 percent of national key protected plants and about 80 percent of national key protected animals have been listed as the main protected targets under effective protection in the nature reserves.
Outside the nature reserves, Yunnan has created 30 special protection sites for wild plants with very small populations in the province, including Nyssa yunnanensis, Cyclobalanopsis sichourensis and Manglietiastrum sinicum, effectively refining the in situ conservation system.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Earthly Encounters news portal”。http://mayotte.brianlynch.org/content-97f999856.html
Related articles
'Constantly learning' Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs
worldCHICAGO (AP) — The road for Shota Imanaga from Japan to the major leagues included at least one shar ...
【world】
Read morePeruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office
worldLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers on Thursday began yet another effort to remove President Dina B ...
【world】
Read moreCamila Cabello goes makeup
worldCamila Cabello went makeup-free while heading to a gym in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon.The perfo ...
【world】
Read more
Popular articles
- Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
- Open letter before European Parliament election: Prioritize democracy as authoritarianism grows
- Russell Wilson and Ciara 'close sale of Seattle mansion, raking in $31M for six
- Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
- Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
- University of California official says system has $32 billion in holdings targeted by protesters
Latest articles
Here comes the char
Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
Indonesia raises alert for Mount Ibu volcano to highest level following a series of eruptions
Selfish tourist topples historic 113 year
Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro
Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are hurt or killed on the job
LINKS
- Disney documentary stars' sick jibe at cancer
- Southern California women sweep UCLA 3
- Will Prince Harry get to see his busy father, King Charles, when he visits the UK?
- Warren Buffett's company faces lawsuit over shareholder proposal
- Chancalay, Ivačič lead Revolution to 1
- Dick Rutan, co
- San Francisco’s Tenderloin: Volunteers escort kids through streets
- Bangladesh wins toss, puts Zimbabwe in to bat 1st in 2nd T20
- Mexican police: Thieves killed Australian and American surfers to steal truck
- Dunlap declared PGA Tour Champions winner after rain washes out final round