China News Service, Beijing, March 30 (Reporter Chen Su) The reporter learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration on the 30th that the selection results of the "Top Ten Events in China's Wildlife Conservation in 2020" have been announced, and the activity has been carried out for 7 consecutive years.
The selection results are as follows:
1. To completely prohibit the overeating of wild animals and lead a new trend of healthy eating
On February 24, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress made the “Decision on the Total Banning of Illegal Wildlife Trade, Elimination of Bad Habits of Wild Animals, and Effectively Protecting the People’s Life, Health and Safety”. The Law on the Protection of Wildlife and other relevant laws The hunting, trading, transportation, and eating of wild animals must be strictly prohibited; the national protection of "terrestrial wild animals with important ecological, scientific and social value" and other terrestrial wild animals, including artificial breeding and artificial Raised terrestrial wild animals.
At present, the elimination of the bad habit of overeating wild animals has achieved initial results, and a civilized and healthy lifestyle has gradually been developed. It is becoming the consensus of the whole society to refrain from eating game, care for living things, and establish a new trend of ecological civilization.
2. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress launches "full coverage" law enforcement inspections of wildlife
From May to July 2020, the Law Enforcement Inspection Team of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted a combination of local inspections and entrusted inspections by the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress. The “Decision on the Wild Animal Trade, Eliminating the Bad Habits of Wild Animals, Effectively Protecting the People’s Life, Health and Safety” and the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Wild Animals” have “full coverage” law enforcement inspections and deliberations.
3. For the first time, the six departments jointly launched a special action to combat the rectification and destruction of wild plant resources
On July 30, 2020, the third meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Combating Illegal Trade in Wild Animals and Plants was held in Beijing. The State Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Central Political and Legal Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the General Administration of Market Supervision, and the State Cyberspace Administration of China 6 departments jointly launched a special action to combat the rectification and destruction of wild plant resources.
Through the establishment of a coordination mechanism for rectification actions, strengthening of field patrols, strengthening the governance of online violations of laws and regulations, and intensively cleaning up and rectifying illegal operating markets and merchants, we will severely crack down on the indiscriminate mining of wild plants, damage to the growth environment of wild plants, and illegal operation and utilization of wild plants. Illegal and criminal acts such as plants.
4. Internet platforms gather efforts to stop the illegal trade in wild plants
The Internet Enterprise Alliance to Combat Illegal Trade in Wild Plants and Animals on the Internet has effectively blocked illegal trade in wild plants on the Internet in 2020.
As of the end of December, more than 3 million pieces of information on illegal trade in endangered species and their products have been deleted and blocked.
5. Nine industry associations propose to establish an industry self-discipline alliance against illegal wildlife trade
On July 30, 2020, the self-discipline initiative to resist illegal trade in wild animals and plants was held in Beijing.
China Wildlife Conservation Association, China Wild Plant Conservation Association, China Traditional Chinese Medicine Association, China Hotel Association, China Flower Association, China Express Association, China Cooking Association, China Meat Association, China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, etc. Industry organizations set up a self-discipline alliance against illegal wildlife trade, formulate industry self-discipline norms, and take practical actions to jointly resist arbitrary catching, indiscriminate feeding, and illegal wildlife trade.
Six, pangolins are promoted to national first-class protected animals
On June 5, 2020, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration issued an announcement that all species of the pangolin genus will be adjusted from the national second-level protected wild animals to the first-level.
At the third meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Combating Illegal Trade in Wildlife, the fight against illegal trade in pangolins and their products was listed as the focus of multi-sectoral enforcement actions against illegal trade in wildlife in 2020.
On June 18, the Pangolin Conservation Research Center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration was established.
7. Punish illegal wildlife trade crimes in accordance with the law, and the two high-level departments and two ministries issued guidance
In order to punish illegal wildlife trade crimes in accordance with the law, get rid of the bad habits of overeating wildlife, effectively prevent major public health risks, and effectively protect the lives and health of the people, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice in December 2020 On the 18th, the "Guiding Opinions on Punishing Crimes of Illegal Wildlife Trade" was jointly issued.
The "Opinions" proposes to severely crack down on illegal hunting and killing of wild animals in accordance with the law, and prevent and control illegal wildlife trade from the source; it requires that the illegal purchase, transportation, sale, import and export of wild animals and their products be severely cracked down in accordance with the law. Cut off the interest chain of illegal wildlife trade; emphasize the law to severely crack down on criminal acts of illegally buying wildlife for food or other purposes, and resolutely eliminate the bad habits of overeating wildlife.
8. New progress has been made in artificial breeding of giant pandas, with the total number of captive breeding reaching 633
As of December 2020, my country has bred 44 live giant panda cubs throughout the year, and the total number of giant pandas in captivity has reached 633.
Nine artificially bred giant pandas were released into nature and successfully integrated into the wild population. The survival of captive giant pandas in their natural habitats and the rehabilitation of endangered small populations in the region have made breakthroughs.
Seven cubs with wild giant panda genes were introduced into the wild, and the genetic population structure of captive giant pandas was more optimized.
9. Increase the protection of the Hainan gibbons and establish a conservation research center
In August 2020, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration relied on the Hainan National Park Research Institute to establish the Hainan Gibbon Conservation and Research Center of the National Forestry Administration, aiming to attract and gather top talents and scientific research forces from around the world to work together to protect the Hainan Gibbon.
The Hainan Gibbon is a gibbon unique to China and one of the oldest surviving gibbons in the world. There is currently only one wild population (5 family groups) with more than 30 gibbons.
10. More than 3,300 volunteer teams of 132 “flying escorts” nationwide escorted migratory birds
In 2020, 132 volunteer teams across the country will carry out the "flying movement" to protect migratory birds, involving 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country, carrying out more than 3,300 activities and participating in more than 22,000 volunteers.
Rescued more than 22,200 wild birds, dismantled more than 20,300 hunting nets, conducted 155 science popularization and law popularization lectures and exhibitions, reported 263 illegal information, blocked 68 online accounts for illegally operating wild birds, and 196 villages Signed the "Co-construction of Bird-loving and Bird-protecting Civilized Countryside Agreement" with the community to build 771 bird-loving and bird-protecting civilized villages.
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