World Wildlife Day: China’s Endangered Species Populations Show Overall Stability and Growth
On March 3rd, this is the seventh World Wildlife Day recognized by the United Nations. This year’s global theme is ‘Sustaining all life on earth’.
On March 3rd, it was learned from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration that in recent years, through the systematic implementation of endangered species rescue projects, China’s giant pandas, golden snipes, Asian elephants, Tibetan antelope, etc. have reversed the continuous downward trend, and groups of species such as Dehong Ironwood, Huagema, Baishan Zuo Cold-Adapted Pine have stabilized and grown.
It is reported that in recent years, China has strengthened the protection of wildlife habitats and rescue and breeding, severely cracked down on the illegal trade in wildlife products and ivory, established a sound legal system, built a wild animal epidemic source and disease active warning and monitoring system, and continuously strengthened the protection of endangered wildlife. Currently, the number of artificially bred giant panda populations has reached 600, which strongly supports the recovery and reproduction of wild populations. The number of Asian elephant populations has increased from nearly 300 to nearly 300, and the number of Tibetan antelope has dropped from less than 75,000 to more than 300,000. The number of golden snipes has increased from the original 7 to more than 4000 in the wild population and artificial breeding population.
At the same time, China has also taken measures such as in-situ protection, ex-situ protection, and return to nature to continue to protect rare and endangered wild plants. A total of 118,000 nature reserves have been established nationwide, providing wild plants with the natural environment they need to survive, and about 65% of China’s key protected wild plants and small populations of wild plants are under protection. Through the rescue protection of nearly 100 species such as Dehong Ironwood, Huagema, Baishan Zuo Cold-Adapted Pine, Tiantai Yew, Pudong Yew, etc., the number of some endangered species has gradually recovered. Currently, China has established nearly 200 levels and types of botanical gardens, collecting and preserving more than 20,000 species, accounting for 2/3 of China’s plant families, and has basically completed the collection and preservation of ironwood, palm, and China’s key orchid and orchid families.
On March 3rd, this is the seventh World Wildlife Day recognized by the United Nations. This year’s global theme is ‘Sustaining all life on earth’.
China is one of the countries with the most diverse biodiversity in the world. Since joining the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1981, the Chinese government has conscientiously fulfilled its international obligations and taken a series of more strict measures, closely focusing on the overall strategy of ecological civilization, and has achieved significant results in strengthening performance management, improving regulatory law enforcement, cracking down on illegal trade, promoting performance cooperation, raising public awareness, and enhancing comprehensive performance capabilities.
(Editor: Fuwenjia Xu Pan)
Source: China Daily Net
