[Explanation] Recently, the National Forestry and Grass Administration released the latest news that the number of Tibetan antelopes has increased from less than 70,000 at the end of the last century to about 300,000 at present.

The protection level of Tibetan antelope has also been downgraded from an endangered species to a near threatened species.

　　[Explanation] According to the survey data of the Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020, the number of Tibetan antelopes in Qiangtang, Tibet can reach 200,000, and the number of Tibetan antelopes in Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Autonomous Region can reach 70,000 and 30,000 respectively during the lambing season.

Due to the migration habit of Tibetan antelopes, there is a certain amount of overlap.

Combined with current data, the population of Tibetan antelopes will continue to grow in the future.

　　[Concurrent] Lian Xinming, Researcher, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　For the future, I think if the Tibetan antelope population is maintained at the current state, its population will continue to rise. The current threat to Tibetan antelope mainly comes from three aspects. One is the construction of possible infrastructure, and the second The second is the pasture competition between cattle and sheep and livestock.

The third one comes from the predation of natural enemies, like wolves, (Tibetan antelope).

　　[Explanation] The World Conservation Union's Red List of Endangered Species (IUCN) in 2016 adjusted the assessment level of Tibetan antelope from endangered species in 2008 to near endangered species, spanning two levels.

The increase in the number of Tibetan antelopes is inseparable from the continuous ecological protection and the fight against poaching over the past few years.

　　[Concurrent] Lian Xinming, Researcher, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　Tibetan antelope is actually one of the most successful cases of human participation in animal protection. It is actually inseparable from human intervention, because only the government’s participation can stop the poaching of Tibetan antelopes in order to allow the breeding of Tibetan antelopes. The group image is currently (has) an upward trend.

　　[Explanation] Although the population of Tibetan antelope has increased in recent years, the future protection strategy of Tibetan antelope still requires careful and thorough research.

In the 1980s, the huge profits of Tibetan antelope wool known as "soft gold" led to the hunting of a large number of Tibetan antelopes.

On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the number of Tibetan antelopes, which once reached as many as a million, has dropped sharply, and even faced the danger of extinction.

　　[Concurrent] Lian Xinming, Researcher, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

　　So as to whether the continued increase in the number of Tibetan antelopes will lead to changes in protection strategies, I think this (aspect) still needs a lot of data research to support.

Although it is the most successful protection case that humans have participated in, because of the very high economic value of Tibetan antelope cashmere, I think once it is released, it may cause another round of poaching (hunting). , But this is what we don’t want to see.

　　[Explanation] The successive downgrades from giant pandas to Tibetan antelopes are behind the silent dedication of countless wildlife protectors on the front line and their courageous persistence for decades.

As of July 2021, the number of Tibetan antelope populations in and around the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve has reached more than 70,000, achieving zero poaching for 11 consecutive years.

　　Chen Qifeng reported from Qinghai Guoluo

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]