[Explanation] Recently, the reporter saw in the Napa Lake of Shangri-La that a large number of birds such as black-necked cranes and bone-top chickens were leisurely foraging on the lake and wetlands.
[Explanation] Napa Lake, which means "the lake behind the forest" in Tibetan, is located in Jiantang Town, Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
As the largest plateau wetland in Shangri-La City, Napahai Wetland is a resource bank of alpine organisms and natural species, and it is the most representative seasonal lacustrine wetland at low latitude and high altitude in Yunnan Province.
In 1984, it was approved by the Yunnan Provincial People's Government to establish a provincial nature reserve with a total area of 2,400 hectares to protect black-necked cranes, black storks, gray cranes and other national first-level and second-level key protected birds, wintering waterfowl and subalpine wetlands The ecosystem is the main task.
[Concurrent] Ma Qiuping, a staff member of the Management Bureau of Napahai Provincial Nature Reserve
Through the annual implementation of wetland ecological benefit compensation projects, in recent years, the population and number of wintering migratory birds in the Napa Sea have increased year by year, and the number of black-necked cranes, which are key protection targets, has also increased year by year.
[Explanation] Since 2016, the Napahai International Important Wetland has implemented a wetland ecological benefit compensation project, guided villagers to directly participate in wetland protection through community co-management, continuously strengthened daily management and monitoring, and continued to carry out wetland environmental improvement.
The habitats of the black-necked cranes, black storks, gray cranes and other national first-class and second-class key protected birds have been well protected, providing a suitable habitat for migratory birds.
[Explanation] The Napahai Provincial Nature Reserve Management Bureau and Southwest Forestry University jointly completed the survey of wintering cranes in the Napahai International Important Wetland in January 2023.
According to the survey results, the number of wintering black-necked cranes in Napahai International Important Wetland is 510, an increase of 123 compared with the winter of 2022.
Compared with the establishment of the Napahai International Important Wetland in 2004, there were 220 more, an increase of 75.9%.
The number of black-necked cranes surveyed this time is also the highest record since the establishment of the Napahai International Important Wetland.
In addition, this survey also recorded 46 gray cranes and 81 black storks.
[Concurrent] Ma Qiuping, a staff member of the Management Bureau of Napahai Provincial Nature Reserve
In the next step, our Napa Sea Management Bureau will continue to apply for the Napa Sea Wetland Protection and Restoration Project on the basis of the implementation of recent projects, to continuously improve and improve the ecological environment of the Napa Sea Internationally Important Wetland, and to restore the wetland ecosystem , Continuously improve the self-purification ability of the wetland to achieve long-term effect.
[Explanation] With the improvement of the ecological quality of the wetland, the population and number of wintering migratory birds in the Napa Sea are increasing year by year. As of 2022, a total of 196 species of birds have been recorded in the Napa Sea.
In addition, the diversity of summer birds in Napa Sea is also increasing. In 2019, a large number of summer and breeding birds appeared in Napa Sea for the first time.
Since then, the number and species of summer birds have increased year by year, mainly including bar-headed geese, spot-billed ducks, little egrets, middle egrets, cattle egrets, coots, and red shelducks. In 2021, a total of 4,770 birds of 55 species were monitored.
Reporter Du Xiaoxiao, Han Shuainan, Yunnan Diqing
Editor in charge: [Fang Jialiang]