China News Service, September 13. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in order to strengthen the protection of wild earthworms, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has recently issued a notice in conjunction with relevant departments to organize investigations and rectification of illegal hunting and killing of wild earthworms, so as to promote soil quality and ecological environmental protection.
A few days ago, the person in charge of the Department of Science, Technology and Education of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs answered a reporter's question about the protection of wild earthworms and said that in recent years, due to factors such as the soaring price of "Dragon Dried" made from earthworms, electric capture of wild earthworms has appeared in some areas. In this phenomenon, the criminals use the "Dragon Instrument" and "Electric Earthworm Machine" and other equipment to "extinction" capture of wild earthworms.
This kind of behavior will lead to a sharp decline in the number of earthworms, destroy the soil ecological environment, and affect the yield of crops. Most of the relevant instruments and equipment are illegally modified and modified, which poses a safety hazard and may even cause people to be electrocuted.
In order to protect the quality of cultivated land and the ecological environment, it is necessary to severely crack down on the behavior of electric trapping of wild earthworms.
The full text of the Q&A is as follows:
Q: What are the dangers of electro-catching wild earthworms?
Answer:
Earthworms are an important species in the soil ecosystem. By burrowing through the soil, they can improve the soil aggregate structure, improve soil ventilation and water permeability, and water resource utilization efficiency, creating favorable conditions for plant growth.
At the same time, the feeding, digestion, excretion and other activities of earthworms can also accelerate the degradation of organic matter in the soil, promote soil material circulation and energy flow, and play an important role in balancing and stabilizing the soil ecosystem.
In recent years, under the influence of factors such as the soaring price of "Dried Earthworms" made of earthworms, the phenomenon of electric trapping of wild earthworms has occurred in some areas. "Extinction" capture.
This kind of behavior will lead to a sharp decline in the number of earthworms, destroy the soil ecological environment, and affect the yield of crops. Most of the relevant instruments and equipment are illegally modified and modified, which poses a safety hazard and may even cause people to be electrocuted.
In order to protect the quality of cultivated land and the ecological environment, it is necessary to severely crack down on the behavior of electric trapping of wild earthworms.
Q: What measures have been taken so far to combat wild earthworms captured by electricity?
A:
In July this year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, together with the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the State Food and Drug Administration, jointly issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Protection of Wild Earthworms and Improving the Soil Ecological Environment" Deployed to verify and rectify the problem of electric capture of wild earthworms in farmland, forests, wetlands, grasslands and nature reserves, as well as the illegal acquisition and processing of wild earthworms.
On the one hand, the departments of agriculture and rural areas, forestry and grass, market supervision, and ecological environment have strengthened supervision according to their duties, and rectified the illegal hunting, purchasing, and processing of wild earthworms.
On the other hand, according to relevant clues and relevant local regulations, the market supervision department has strengthened the supervision of online trading platforms, commodity trading markets and other trading venues, and promptly removed the equipment to deal with wild earthworm hunting products and purify the online market environment.
Lianshui in Jiangsu, Yulin in Guangxi, Kunming in Yunnan and other places carried out multi-departmental joint governance to severely crack down on related behaviors, and carried out popular science publicity on earthworm protection through newspapers, television, new media platforms and other channels to enhance the public's awareness of protecting wild earthworms.
Q: What measures will be taken next to strengthen the protection of wild earthworms?
A:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will work with relevant departments to intensify efforts to continuously strengthen the protection of earthworms and other soil organisms, and continuously improve and enhance the soil ecological environment.
One is to strengthen the construction of policies and systems.
Promote the improvement of laws, regulations, policies and systems, strengthen the protection of earthworms and other soil organisms, and further clarify the applicable basis and legal responsibilities for cracking down on wild earthworms and other wild animals.
The second is to strengthen supervision and management.
Continue to crack down on the illegal capture, purchase, and processing of wild earthworms, and conduct regular supervision and management of the production and sale of legally prohibited hunting tools.
The third is to guide the development of the breeding industry.
Increase support for the research and development of artificial earthworm breeding technology, optimize and integrate key technologies such as selection and breeding, efficient reproduction, and disease prevention and escape.
Standardize the development of earthworm medicinal and feeding industries, improve technical standards and specifications for artificial breeding, and promote the orderly development of related industries.
Q: How to guide the public to raise awareness of wild earthworm protection?
A:
The first is to strengthen publicity and popularization.
Through popular science articles, special lectures, short videos, distribution of publicity materials and other forms, popularize the knowledge of wild earthworm protection and enhance public awareness of protection.
The second is to strengthen the interpretation of common law.
Do a good job in interpreting relevant laws and regulations, policies and regulations, investigate and punish a group of electric catching wild earthworms in accordance with the law, and use cases to explain the effect of law popularization.
The third is to strengthen group prevention and group governance.
Carry out publicity and mobilization through various media such as radio, television, and the Internet, and encourage the public to report to the relevant competent authorities in a timely manner when they discover electric arrests, so as to form a good atmosphere for the participation and supervision of the whole society.