[Explanation] In the early spring, the Tarim River was rippling with microwaves, and wild ducks and wild geese swarmed on the banks of the river or fluttered down on the banks of the blue sky, or lowered the river. Recently, the reporter came to the Awati section of the tributary of the Tarim River in Awati County, Xinjiang, and saw nearly 10,000 wild animals inhabiting it. With the advancement of the Tarim River Basin governance, the local ecology has improved year by year, attracting wild ducks. This "settle down".
[Contemporary] Yang Hongbo, Secretary of the Party Group of Forestry and Grass Bureau of Awati County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang
Through our concerted efforts throughout the county, the habitat and breeding grounds of wild birds have been greatly consolidated and improved. Up to now, we have found eleven types of birds such as the great swan, egret, heron, mallard, and grey goose.
[Explanation] The Tarim River is China's largest inland river, with a total length of 2179 kilometers and a total drainage area of 1.02 million square kilometers. Due to the drought and low rainfall in the Tarim Basin, the annual rainfall is less than 50 mm. Starting from the 1970s, the Tarim River channel has been cut off for a long period of time for nearly 30 years, and the length of the cutoff in the lower reaches reaches nearly 400 kilometers. In 2001, the “Recent Comprehensive Management Plan for the Tarim River Basin” was issued. It was decided to uniformly manage, dispatch and optimize the allocation of water resources in the Tarim River. China invested more than 10 billion yuan in that year to implement “Recent Comprehensive Management in the Tarim River Basin”.
The reporter saw on the banks of the Tarim River in Awati County that although the dry season has entered into the winter, the Tarim River is still plentiful, thanks to the implementation of the Tarim River Comprehensive Treatment Project and the unified deployment of the Tarim River water, making the trees on both banks Forests and wild ducks flock.
Yang Hongbo, secretary of the Party Group of the Forestry and Grass Bureau of Awati County, Xinjiang, said that after years of ecological management, several drinking water irrigations have been performed on meadows near the river, so that wild birds have a good habitat.
[Contemporary] Yang Hongbo, Secretary of the Party Group of the Forest and Grass Bureau of Awati County, Xinjiang
(We) issued a notice prohibiting hunting and killing of wild animals to the county, mobilizing everyone to take action to protect wild animals, organically integrate forest guards and rangers, while increasing the daily frequency of patrols.
[Explanation] It is understood that since the implementation of the Tahe comprehensive treatment project, all units in the main stream of the Tahe River have implemented canal anti-seepage and water-saving reconstruction projects in the project area, ensuring that ecological water is discharged to the lower reaches of the Tahe River every year, and ensuring the tributaries of the Tahe River in winter Plenty of water.
Zhao Yamin, Song Triumph, Jiang Chao, Awati County, Xinjiang
Editor-in-chief: [Wang Kai]