Updated Wednesday, March 6, 2024-10:04

Taking care of nature is the basic condition for the survival of human beings.

Environmental conservation guarantees us clean air, drinking water and natural resources that are essential for all societies.

Therefore, it is essential to direct our attention to the care of forests, mountains and soils to guarantee a sustainable future.

High voltage line towers are chosen nesting sites for many birds.

This location threatens their safety and the operation of the electrical grid is also affected.

The team at

State Grid Corporation

, China's largest energy company, has explored solutions to address this problem.

One of the strategies it has implemented is the

installation of artificial nests on inactive electricity towers

.

This practice has been implemented in several provinces in China where these birds usually roost.

In this way, the birds find refuge in these new nests, turning these places into landscapes where humans and nature coexist in harmony.

This is one of the

initiatives that this Asian country is carrying out in defense of the environment.

Ecological protection is a priority part of its current policies, taking into account local and temporal conditions, and using methods such as zoning and classification.

The objective is to achieve a balance between environmental care and economic development.

China in recent years has maintained annual growth of more than 6% and the growth of energy consumption has been 3%.

In this context,

green has become an objective for the country

and coal energy consumption has been reduced to 56.2%, while

the use of clean energy sources has risen to 25.9%

.

In addition, the manufacturing and marketing of ecological vehicles has occupied first place in the world.

This trend gradually makes clean air return and improves the livability of rural and urban areas in China.

The Central Economic Work Conference has outlined the economic plan for 2024, highlighting the need to promote ecological civilization and low-carbon green development.

In this way,

China seeks balance between humans and nature.

Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Meanwhile, global warming is not a future problem, but rather a reality that can no longer be ignored.

An example of this is the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, in northeastern China.

This Exhibition, which takes place every winter, has an indefinite duration depending on the temperature of that winter.

In recent years, a rise in temperatures has been observed, which has made the festival shorter.

This year, the reception could not have been better, since during the New Year holidays, Harbin has received 3.05 million visitors and has achieved revenue of 5.91 billion yuan (834.1 million dollars), reaching both all-time highs.

This region's thriving tourism industry has a deep-rooted ice and snow culture, including the ancient tradition of snow carving.

This art has been recognized as an element of intangible cultural heritage at the provincial level.

Harbin, known as 'The Ice City', has frigid winter months, which provides unique natural conditions for the development of this type of

ice and snow sculptures.

This resurgence of the ice and snow industry has meant that in Heilongjiang province alone there are more than 3,600 ice and snow carving artists, and the trend is for this number to continue increasing.

In addition to these impressive statues, Harbin artists have launched ice and snow painting in colors, combining ice, snow and watercolor painting techniques.

They have also developed a technique to make ice models that imitate porcelain.

In addition, snow sculpture paintings that integrate paper cutting and audio-visual elements have become very popular products in Harbin Ice-Snow World gift shops.

One of the challenges for snow and ice carving art is the short preservation period, due to the temperature fluctuations these sculptures receive.

To address this problem, Zhang has created new ice and snow carving products that do not melt, based on paper and glass carving techniques.

On January 5, Harbin Ice and Snow World was officially crowned the world's largest ice and snow theme park by the Guinness Book of Records at the 2024 China Ice and Snow Tourism Development Forum, with an area of ​​816,682.5 square meters.

This success was the result of 15 days of hard work by hundreds of ice and snow sculptors and more than 10,000 workers.

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The constant improvement of scenic area construction and brand strengthening has made Harbin an ideal winter destination.

While visitors enjoy the beauty of winter scenery, they can also experience the cultural charm and unique appeal of exquisite carving skills. This encourages the preservation and innovation of ice and snow carving techniques," said Zhao Zebin, vice dean of the School of Management at Harbin Institute of Technology.

With tourists asking for new experiences, winter tourism is becoming more involved, and educational trips have become a popular option.

More and more companies and universities are signing up to carry out this activity.

"More than 10 universities in Heilongjiang province offer courses on ice and snow carving techniques," said Zhang Xin, deputy director of the ice and snow carving committee of the Heilongjiang Artists Association.

Satellite support


In addition to global warming, natural disasters are becoming more frequent in the world.

China's Fengyun meteorological satellites play an important role in preventing these global phenomena.

Currently,

nine satellites are operational in orbit, providing data and products to around 129 countries around the world.

These satellites - which monitor 24 hours a day - are used in various fields, such as weather forecasting, climate prediction, environmental and natural disaster monitoring, as well as in scientific research and its impact on agriculture.

The capacity of these satellites allows precise monitoring of weather and climate phenomena.

In this way, no typhoon goes unnoticed.

They can also perform 3D CT scans of storms and accumulate data on climate variables for El Niño (a warming phenomenon that originates in the Pacific Ocean and determines the climate of the entire world).

The role of these satellites is very important and has become the backbone of the global earth observation satellite network.

In recent years,

Fengyun satellites have also been used to monitor extreme drought events in Central Asia and facilitate studies on the mechanisms of climate change and its impacts.

It is about identifying the affected areas and helping to reduce their adverse impacts.

At the end of 2023, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) launched the international version of FengYung Earth, a platform that provides weather forecasting services by leveraging its satellites and satellite remote sensing technology.

Thanks to Feng Yun satellites, data can be obtained from multiple sources such as weather satellites and numerical weather prediction data while identifying disastrous weather events and extreme climate events with the support of artificial intelligence.

(AI).

It also provides more than 100 types of quantitative and scale products from five categories covering cloud images, disaster events, weather, and model verification.

In addition, they can respond to personalized demands, such as certain meteorological factors, time ranges or specific situations in different countries and regions.

An example is the service it offered to the 17 Pacific Games organized in the Solomon Islands.

This event had the support of this service for the celebration of the games.

Over the past year, Fengyun satellites have responded to global requests for emergency support services 28 times.

They have observed tropical cyclones Lola and Mocha and have helped monitor ignition points of devastating fires such as on the northern coast of Algeria to northwest Tunisia.

Also the China Meteorological Administration) in the past five years has trained more than 1000 international users to better use Fengyun meteorological satellite-based products and has carried out more than 50 video consultations in more than 20 countries around the world. world.

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