China News Agency, Lanzhou, April 23 (Reporter Ding Si) The ecology of Qilian Mountain is getting better and better, and the species and number of wild animals and plants continue to increase. This is due to the Chinese government's ecological governance and information construction in recent years. Today's Qilian Mountain has built a "sky, earth, and air integration" ecological environment monitoring network system, and intelligent means have comprehensively guarded the ecological security barrier in western China.
The Qilian Mountain area is an important water source in the Yellow River Basin. Qilian Mountain, with a total length of more than 800 kilometers from east to west, has more than 80% of its area in Zhangye City, Gansu Province. It is the main battlefield for Qilian Mountain's ecological environment remediation, protection and restoration.
"In the past, patrolling mainly depended on people, but the area of the Qilian Mountains was too large. Even if all employees were placed in the mountains to patrol, it was far from enough. It was impossible to achieve 24 hours of continuous monitoring, and it was extremely difficult to obtain evidence and compare." Panda Qilian Mountain National Park Gansu Provincial Administration Bureau Zhangye Branch Director Liao Kongtai recently accepted an interview with China News Service, saying that with the development and use of the "Smart Qilian Mountain Big Data Application Platform", the transition from digital forestry to smart forestry has been realized.
"Data is the most important monitoring indicator." Liao Kongtai said that the platform also uses satellite remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicles, lidar scanners, soil respiration measuring instruments and other advanced domestic and international instruments and equipment to achieve the glaciers, meadows, forests, The five-level "digital" comprehensive ecological observation network system of shrubs and grasslands provides important scientific basis and first-hand information for the assessment of the ecological benefits of Qilian Mountains.
The intelligent monitoring system not only "escorts" the ecological restoration of Qilian Mountains, but also "cares" the "living" of wild animals and plants around the clock.
Monitoring data shows that the wildlife resources in Qilian Mountain National Park have become abundant. At present, there are more than 1,300 higher plants and 286 species of wild vertebrates, including more than 50 species of national first- and second-level protected animals. The unique and typical natural ecosystems and biotas have gradually become a priority area for biodiversity conservation in China and an important biological germplasm resource bank in the northwest region.
Liao Kongtai said that now the ecological environment of Qilian Mountain, whether it is the core area, the buffer zone, or the experimental area has been significantly improved, and Qilian Mountain has also become a "new home" for wild animals and plants. In the early part of this month alone, more than 260 wild white-lipped deer populations were found in the protection area of the Bureau.
According to media reports published in the media, the Tibetan wild ass and Tibetan gazelle have been frequently recorded in the Qilian Mountains in the past six months. (Finish)