China News Service, January 22. According to the website of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, in 2021, the Hubei Provincial Forestry Administration launched the investigation of terrestrial wildlife resources in the main stream of the Yangtze River.
This survey selected 50 terrestrial wild animals and plants as survey species, including 23 species of plants and 27 species of animals.
The survey results show that 23 kinds of wild plants are well protected; 27 kinds of wild animals have basically stable populations, and some populations have grown steadily.
The selection of species in this survey is mainly based on three conditions: species included in the national key protected wild animals and plants list; sensitive species, ecological indicator species and terrestrial wild animals and plants of high social concern; new discoveries in other surveys that have not been recorded or Important terrestrial wildlife undocumented for many years.
Among the 23 species of terrestrial wild plants surveyed, there are 4 wild plants under first-level national protection and 19 under second-level protection.
The survey found that 1 species is distributed in 10 counties (cities, districts), 14 species are distributed in 2-10 counties and urban areas, 8 species have only one distribution point, and most species are well received in protected areas. Good protection; a newly discovered state-level second-class protected plant scale hammer tree in Xishui County.
At the same time, some problems were also found during the investigation, such as the lack of monitoring of the health status and dynamic trends of key wild plant resources, the poor regeneration of Dove tree populations, and the lack of necessary understanding of key protected plants by the grassroots.
27 terrestrial wild animals were found in this survey.
The species with a population of less than 100 is only the Oriental White Stork; the species with a population of 100-1,000 are the Sichuan golden monkey, forest musk deer, crested deer, Chinese goral, Chinese serow, etc.; the species with a population of more than 1,000 is the macaque , elk, white pheasant, golden pheasant, little swan, etc. 9.
Among them, the populations of 10 species such as Sichuan golden monkey, forest musk deer, white-crowned long-tailed pheasant, and golden pheasant have basically remained stable; the populations of 10 species such as crested deer, elk, Chinese merganser duck, and mandarin duck have grown steadily; The populations of 7 species, including Pochard, Swan Goose, White-fronted Goose, Cygnet, and Water Pheasant, have increased significantly; the population of deer has achieved recovery growth in Hubei Province; the distribution range of the white-necked long-tailed pheasant Shan, Tongcheng, Chongyang and other counties and cities expanded northward to Chibi City.
The survey found that some wild animal discovery sites are located outside nature reserves, and there are protection vacancies.
Experts suggest that the intensity of monitoring should be strengthened, and the management of vacant habitats for key protected wildlife protection should be strengthened.
The Hubei section of the main stream of the Yangtze River starts from Brill Creek in Badong County in the west and reaches Xiaochikou in Huangmei County in the east. From west to east, it flows through Enshi Prefecture, Yichang City, Jingzhou City, Xianning City, Wuhan City, Ezhou City, Huangshi City and Huanggang City. 8 cities and states, 39 counties (cities, districts), with a total length of 1061 kilometers.
The investigation of terrestrial wildlife resources in the main stream of the Yangtze River this time provides a reference for the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government to make decisions on the protection of the Yangtze River.