No Poaching Cases for 10 Consecutive Years in Kokoerisi
For 10 consecutive years, there have been no poaching cases in Kokoerisi. With the improvement of the ecological environment and increased conservation efforts, the Kokoerisi World Natural Heritage site, mainly with Tibetan antelope, has seen a steady recovery of its wild animal populations.
In March, the vast Kokoerisi is still a world of white. Through the Qinghai 'Ecological Window' remote video observation system installed near the Wudolang Qingzang Railway Bridge, you can see scattered Tibetan antelope and wild donkeys. They run and forage intermittently, bringing vitality to the silent grasslands.
Long-distance truck driver Zhao Yudong told reporters, 'Before, Tibetan antelope would run away as soon as they saw a vehicle and a person from afar. Now they don't even run away from people. Their safe distance from people has been reduced.' Especially during the Tibetan antelope migration, you can see herds of Tibetan antelope in the Wudolang animal channel.
The staff at the Kokoerisi Sonan Dazhe Protection Station said that after the tireless efforts of countless people, the Tibetan antelope and wild donkey populations in the Kokoerisi area have recovered significantly. Since the protection station sent away the last injured Tibetan antelope in 2013, there has been no more injured Tibetan antelope rescued.
To prevent emerging poaching forms such as cross-regional flow, in September 2009, the three adjacent natural reserves of Altinteer Mountain, Qiong Tang in Tibet, and Kokoerisi in Qinghai reached a joint defense and cooperation agreement, completely breaking down the boundaries of enforcement areas, forming a siege on illegal poaching of Tibetan antelope. Under the pressure of enforcement and public opinion, since 2009, there has not been a single poaching case of Tibetan antelope in Kokoerisi. The bloody scenes of poaching Tibetan antelope have ceased.
Notably, in September 2016, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) downgraded Tibetan antelope from 'Endangered' to 'Near Threatened', lowering it by two consecutive levels. Currently, the Tibetan antelope population in Kokoerisi is gradually recovering and has reached more than 60,000. In 2018, the Tibetan antelope was included in China's ten successful cases of protecting endangered species.
In 2019, the Three Rivers Source National Park Patrol Team completed 13 special patrol missions of the Kokoerisi World Natural Heritage site. The grassroots protection stations conducted about 200 patrol and line work in their surrounding areas. To consolidate the anti-poaching and harvesting results, patrolled and stationed in turn to conduct patrol and inspection work near the Solukhai, strengthen the protection of the lake, river, glacier, permafrost and wetland resources, to eliminate all illegal activities that destroy wetland resources. Sternly crack down on illegal activities crossing the border, published illegal crossing announcements, solved one illegal crossing case in the year and arrested 27 illegal crossing personnel and seized 10 off-road vehicles.
Reporter Zhao Junjie
Editor/Li Hongxia
