China News Agency, Lanzhou, July 18 (Reporter Ding Si Li Yalong) Caohu National Wetland Park in Jiayuguan, Gansu Province disclosed on the 18th that as of now, the wetland area of the park has expanded from 711.5 hectares in 2013 to 796.88 hectares, and the water area is 125 hectares. It has become an important part of the green ecological barrier of the Hexi Corridor, and has become an "international post" for the migration line of birds in Central Asia and the migration line of East Asia/Australia, attracting wild animals to inhabit and multiply and return to their homes.
Jiayuguan City has a temperate continental desert climate with drought and little rain, and a weak ecological environment. It is a region with severe land desertification. "The wind blew the stones and ran, there was no grass everywhere, there were no birds in the trees" is a true portrayal of the ecological environment of Jiayuguan many years ago.
"Green" has become the pursuit target of this northwest Gobi city. In December 2018, the name of Caohu National Wetland Park was approved, filling the gap in the city without National Wetland Park.
The wetland park is about 30 kilometers away from the urban area. It is located at the forefront of the Badain Jaran Desert and Mengxin Gobi. It is like a piece of jade inlaid in the Gobi Desert. It covers an area of 1379 hectares. It is formed by marsh wetlands, natural meadows and desert vegetation. The oasis ecosystem plays an ecological role in wind and sand control, water storage irrigation, climate improvement and other functions.
Feng Xuegang, Chief of the Comprehensive Section of the Caohu National Wetland Protection Office in Jiayuguan City, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Service that the landscape, lakes and grasses are a systematic project, and the wetland is the "lung of the earth." The city insists on "full protection, scientific restoration, and moderate The principle of “development, rational use” was formulated, and the “Administrative Measures for Caohu National Wetland Park in Jiayuguan, Gansu” was issued.
Feng Xuegang said that the city fully implemented the protection, restoration and construction of wetland parks, built an ecological fence of 15.6 kilometers, upgraded the digital monitoring system construction last year, implemented water system dredging, ecological water replenishment and other measures, started river and lake connectivity projects, and expanded wetlands Water area.
"The environment is good, the birds have the final say." Feng Xuegang said that the wetland ecological environment continues to improve, and Jiayuguan has gradually become an important transit place for migratory birds to stay and live. Some birds have stayed longer than 4 months from the previous 2 months. "Egret is still nesting here."
In recent years, the number of wild animal populations in this wetland park has continued to increase. At present, there are 66 species of 48 families and 48 genera of wild plants, 142 species of 49 orders and 49 families of wild animals, and two species of black storks and relict gulls, national first-class protected animals; big swans, egrets, greylag geese, peregrine falcons, etc. 15 species, forming a relatively complete integrated system of biodiversity. (Finish)