my country's biodiversity conservation has made positive progress
Build a harmonious and beautiful home for all things (to build a community of life on earth)
Recently, 19 Yangtze finless porpoises have settled in 7 migration points, including the Swan Island Scientific Research Base, the Old Road of Hewang Temple, and the Old Road of Old Bay. This is the largest ex-situ conservation operation of the finless porpoise in my country so far.
In order to protect the rare and endangered species of the Yangtze finless porpoise, various localities have continuously strengthened in-situ protection, protected and restored important habitats, and established multiple ex-situ protection sites, with the total number of ex-situ populations exceeding 150.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that biodiversity is an important foundation for human survival and development.
Ecological prosperity leads to civilized prosperity.
We must stand at the height of being responsible for human civilization, respect nature, conform to nature, protect nature, explore the path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, promote the coordination and unity of economic development and ecological protection, and jointly build a prosperous, clean and beautiful world.
As one of the first countries to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity, my country attaches great importance to biodiversity protection.
In recent years, various localities and departments have conscientiously implemented Xi Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization and implemented a series of effective measures. The conservation of biodiversity has achieved remarkable results and promoted the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Improve the protection system and establish a system of nature reserves with national parks as the main body
The golden-green head, dark copper-green forefoot, elytra-a group of beetles named Yangcai beetles, attracted cheers from the scientific research team of the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
The team found wild individuals of the sacred beetle in many places in Lishui, Zhejiang, and also found wild populations in natural habitats.
The yangcai beetle is a species endemic to mainland China.
This once endangered species has been reported and discovered many times in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places in recent years.
Ecological experts believe that this reflects the continued improvement of my country's ecological environment and the gradual emergence of biodiversity protection.
The remarkable effect of biodiversity protection has benefited from the gradual completion of my country's ecological protection system.
—— Policies, regulations and systems are becoming more and more perfect.
my country has promulgated a number of special laws and regulations such as the Wildlife Protection Law and the Regulations on Nature Reserves to protect biological species resources.
The environmental impact assessment law, forest law, grassland law and other laws and regulations related to the ecological environment also make clear provisions on biodiversity protection.
In 2020 alone, my country promulgated the "Biosafety Law", revised the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law, Wildlife Protection Law, Fisheries Law and other laws and regulations. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued a Bad habits, the decision to effectively protect the lives, health and safety of the people."
Biodiversity laws and regulations are becoming more and more perfect.
——Ecological protection continues to increase.
Ecological red lines guard the green space.
my country has delineated and strictly adhered to the red line of ecological protection. According to preliminary calculations, the red line of ecological protection covers about 18% of the land area of various nature reserves, 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 85% of key wild animal populations are effectively protected .
my country's implementation of the "Overall Plan for Establishing a National Park System" has vigorously promoted the establishment of a natural reserve system with national parks as the main body.
Currently, 12 provinces have launched national park trials, with a total area of more than 220,000 square kilometers, covering 2.3% of the land area.
——Intensified supervision of nature reserves.
In recent years, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has cooperated with relevant departments and units to strengthen the supervision of the "Green Shield" nature reserve.
Cui Shuhong, director of the Department of Natural Ecological Protection of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the "Green Shield 2020" campaign has kept a close eye on the rectification and improvement of 4398 "Green Shield" accounting issues in 196 nature reserves.
Implement major projects to lay a solid foundation for biodiversity conservation
Carrying out biodiversity observation is not only the basis of protection, but also an important action to implement the "Convention on Biological Diversity."
In 2016, under the organization of the former Ministry of Environmental Protection, 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) established 74 infrared camera observation sample areas and deployed more than 4,400 infrared cameras.
Based on this, my country has initially formed a biodiversity observation network.
Established 749 observation plots with birds, amphibians, mammals and butterflies as the main observation objects in the country, laid out 11,887 sample lines and sample points, obtained more than 700,000 observation data each year, and mastered typical regions First-hand data on changes in species diversity.
The "Implementation Plan for Major Projects of Biodiversity Conservation (2015-2020)" is jointly implemented by relevant departments of the State Council and local governments.
Among them, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is responsible for organizing and implementing the two tasks of biodiversity survey and assessment, and the construction of observation networks. It has invested nearly 400 million yuan from the central government, and more than 2,000 scientific researchers from 267 research institutes participated.
"Through the implementation of major projects, we have basically found out the status of biodiversity in our country." Cui Shuhong said that the country has designated 32 terrestrial and 3 marine biodiversity conservation priority areas, accounting for about 29% of my country's land area. Vascular plants The number accounts for 87% of the total number of species in the country, and wild vertebrates account for 85% of the total number of species in the country.
At the same time, more than 70 new species and newly recorded species have been discovered, enriching the "family tree" of biodiversity in China.
The role of major biodiversity conservation projects has gradually emerged, a regulatory database has been constructed, scientific research capabilities and levels have been improved, and the formulation of relevant policies and regulations has been supported.
"As the country has increased investment in scientific research, Chinese scientists have made important progress in the field of conservation biology, such as the origin, evolution, and maintenance mechanisms of biodiversity." Wei Fuwen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that this is biological Decisions related to the protection of diversity and endangered species provide strong scientific and technological support.
With the active participation of the public, biodiversity protection has gradually become a consensus and transformed into conscious action
"There is a new protected area called Lingwu. Change it quickly, and there will be small animals on your cover." Tianjin citizen Yang Yile reminded his son to use the accumulated green energy in his mobile phone to exchange for "welfare."
"That is to protect biodiversity, not to have small animals on the cover," said the son.
Yang Yile smiled, but his 13-year-old son also knew the word biodiversity.
Nowadays, when you open the newspaper, turn on the radio and TV, you can often see or hear the news about biodiversity.
Documentaries such as "Earth: A Magical Day", "Micro World" and "Beautiful China" have gained high popularity and good reputation.
"To protect biodiversity is to protect ourselves." "A species can influence the economic lifeline of a region, and the establishment of a good ecological community can improve the environment of a region."... Biodiversity protection has gradually become a social consensus and transformed. For people's conscious action.
Nowadays, conservation actions initiated by communities or public welfare organizations have increased significantly: bird watching enthusiasts actively participate in the monitoring of wetland birds; mobile apps such as "Blue Map" and other mobile apps have been launched, such as "Biodiversity Shooting" and other activities, attracting the public to understand their surroundings Species...
On the eve of the International Biodiversity Day on May 22 last year, the China Environmental Protection Foundation and other institutions issued a call for "one square meter for everyone to protect biodiversity."
In the next few days, the public applied for the protection area of more than 40 million square meters for the Sanjiangyuan "Jiatang Public Welfare Protected Land".
People benefited from the protection and utilization of biodiversity, which stimulated and increased the enthusiasm for ecological protection.
The sand dunes are continuous, the lake is blue, the sand willows and Populus euphratica are just spitting fresh green, and the Qixing Lake scenic spot in Kubuqi National Desert Park in early summer is beautiful.
After more than 30 years of ecological management, the once barren land has been put on green clothing. Wild animals such as wolves, foxes, pheasants, hares, goshawks, etc. that have been extinct for many years have returned to settle here, and the species of creatures have increased by 10 times.
Eco-tourism effectively promotes the increase of local people's income.
"We have benefited from ecological protection, and everyone is more motivated to plant and protect greens," said Eridun, a resident of Hangjin Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.
Actively participate in tree planting and afforestation, refrain from overeating wild animals, and consciously practice a green lifestyle... The broad masses are devoting themselves to the protection of biodiversity in various ways, making efforts to build a harmonious and beautiful home for all things.
Our reporter Sun Xiuyan