China News Service, Xi’an, April 20 (Reporter Alina) The Shaanxi Provincial Forestry Bureau launched the "Ecological Guardian Day" in Xi’an on the 20th, and released the "White Paper on Ecological Space Governance in Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") .
The "White Paper" pointed out that the Qinling Range covers an area of 5,158,400 hectares of woodland, 31,200 hectares of grassland, and 74,900 hectares of wetlands. The ecological space area accounts for more than 89%, and the ecological function is complete. It is China's top ecological space.
The Qinling Mountains are the boundary between the north and the south of China's geography. It has many functions such as climate regulation, soil and water conservation, and water conservation. It is known as China's "biological gene pool" and "green reservoir".
The ecological environment protection here has always been concerned by the outside world.
According to the "White Paper", the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi have a total area of 58,200 square kilometers, involving 39 counties (cities and districts) in 6 cities, with 3,883 species of seed plants and 587 species of terrestrial vertebrates. It is a priority area for biodiversity conservation in China. A key area for biodiversity conservation of global significance.
Shaanxi’s Qinling Mountains cover an area of 5,158,400 hectares of woodland, 31,200 hectares of grassland, and 74,900 hectares of wetland. The ecological space area accounts for more than 89%, and the ecological function is complete. It is the top ecological space in China.
After years of hard work, the forest coverage rate in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi has reached 72.95%, the forest accumulation has reached 226 million cubic meters, and the quality of the ecological space and ecosystem of the Qinling Mountains has been continuously improved.
According to the "White Paper", the natural reserve system in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi has taken shape, the supervision of ecological resources has been continuously strengthened, the biodiversity has been continuously restored, the effect of ecological restoration has been remarkable, the development of the ecological industry has accelerated, the implementation of innovation-driven in-depth implementation, the widespread dissemination of Qinling culture, and protection Fully cohesive.
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