China News Service, Zhengzhou, October 9 (Reporter Liu Peng) The reporter learned from the press conference on the "Henan This Decade" ecological civilization construction held by the Propaganda Department of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on the 9th. There are 345 natural protected areas.

Among them, the Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve has now become the region with the most abundant species of endemic animals and plants in the middle reaches of the Yellow River after more than five years of intensive rectification.

　　From the early years of wild rare birds passing through Henan to rest, to now a large number of rare animals such as Chinese merganser ducks and mute swans have settled in Henan, which shows that Henan has achieved remarkable results in ecological and environmental protection.

So, in recent years, what work has Henan done in ecological environmental protection?

　　At the press conference on the same day, Wang Chaojun, a first-level inspector of the Henan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that in recent years, Henan has made great efforts to improve the quality of the ecological environment and continue to optimize the ecological safety barrier to accelerate the construction of a beautiful Henan where man and nature coexist in harmony.

　　Since the establishment of the first nature reserve in Henan in 1980, 345 nature reserves of various types have been established so far, and 95% of the province's national key protected wild animal and plant species and 80% of typical ecosystems have been included in the scope of protection.

　　Since 2017, Henan and relevant departments have carried out the special action of "Green Shield" nature reserve for five consecutive years, which has promoted the effective rectification of more than 500 problems in the province's nature reserves, and the management level of the reserve has been significantly improved.

　　It is worth mentioning that the Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve, located in the west of Lingbao City, Sanmenxia, ​​at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi provinces, with a total area of ​​15,160 hectares, is a forest ecosystem type nature reserve in Henan Province.

There are 13 species of national key protected plants and 27 species of national key protected animals above the second level in the reserve.

There are also 5 first-level tributaries of the Yellow River in the area, which are important ecological protection barriers and water conservation areas in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

　　Since Xiaoqinling is an important gold deposit-intensive area in my country and the second largest gold production base in the country, historical mining has caused serious ecological damage to it.

　　In order to promote the governance and ecological restoration of the Xiaoqinling mining area, Henan officials specially issued the "Henan Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve Regulations". , the legalization of the road.

　　After more than five years of intensive rectification, the Xiaoqinling National Nature Reserve has achieved historic changes in the ecological environment and has now become the region with the most abundant species of endemic animals and plants in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.

At the United Nations Biodiversity Conference last year, Xiao Qinling's ecological restoration and governance experience was released to the world as a typical case.

　　Wang Chaojun said that in terms of continuing to do a good job in biodiversity protection, Henan will carry out publicity activities around the May 22 International Biodiversity Day every year to promote the whole society to pay attention to and participate in biodiversity protection.

At the same time, carry out a series of basic research work on biodiversity, such as launching the Yellow River Basin Biodiversity Survey, Observation and Assessment Project, and carrying out work on invasive alien species in the priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the Qinling Mountains, Taihang Mountains, and Dabie Mountains.

　　Wang Chaojun said that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Henan will continue to improve the supervision and supervision system of various natural ecological protected areas, and continuously improve the level of biodiversity protection, so as to provide a solid guarantee for in-depth pollution prevention and control and accelerate the construction of an ecologically strong province. .

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