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Title: China Rare Alpine Wetland Case Study - Chinese and Foreign Experts Gathered in Shiqu
Date: 30-Jun-2016
Category: Forest and Wetland Conservation Programme
Source/Author: Shidi.org

CNR network Shiqu June 29 news (reporter Liu Tao) June 29, with former Deputy Director of the State Forestry Division of Wildlife Conservation, Wetlands International - China Office, Northeast Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Chen Kelin, Faizal Parish, the Director of Global Environment Centre (GEC), John Howes from Wetlands International and other nine senior adviser and foreign wetland experts arrived in Sichuan Shiqu County on June 28, launched a seven-day study of wetland projects.

It is understood that this research study time 2016 June 28 to July 4, aims to understand the status of the territory Shiqu County Wetland Resources, problems and their causes, to confirm their significance in terms of ecological protection of the State, and to actively promote Shiqu County, Sichuan Province as the largest wetland, China rarest wetland base and upper Yangtze River important ecological protected areas into national, Sichuan Province resource conservation strategy.

The expedition to explore the wetland conservation, restoration and sustainable use of value, looking for the road interdisciplinary cooperation of Chinese wetland research, as well as the promotion of Chinese wetlands healthy and orderly development will play a positive role in promoting.

According to event relevant responsible person said, Chinese and foreign experts June 29 departure from Yushu through Bayankelashan into the nearby long Shagong Ma National Nature Reserve Wetland Experimental Investigation and color to be the town of wetlands group, will understand the long Shagong Ma national Nature Reserve, mainly within the wetland resources Status, problems, June 30 experts will travel to Gemeng Township (opposite the village of Tzara) study wetlands and Yalong River and the source of a tributary of numbness Zhaqu Interchange, Germany Rong Ma Township ScS Yalong two tributaries (River autumn River) wetlands, understand the status of the territory Shiqu County Yalong River wetland resources, problem, find the reasons; July 1 experts will travel to Changsha dry Ma Township ScS Yalong river wetlands, and the sun lakes observe wetland waterfowl, visit Sang drag dam study wetlands; understand the status of the territory in Shiqu major wetland resources, problem, find the reasons; July 2 experts will test Chani sipping town mountain lakes and wetlands group, n-Section Township wetlands and Jinsha rivers wetlands; understand Shiqu County Jinsha river wetlands and wetland resources situation, problem, find its cause. July 3, Chinese and foreign experts will be held in the town of Los shall Shiqu wetland research seminars, workshops within major Shiqu County Wetland Resource Protection, Management and Countermeasures.

According to historical records, Shiqu County is located in the northwest border of Sichuan, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is located in the east and west, Sichuan, Qinghai and Tibet provinces at the junction, the geographical coordinates of longitude 97 ° 20'00 "~ 99 ° 15'28", latitude 32 ° 19 ' 28 "~ 34 ° 20'40" between the county covers an area of ??25,191 kilometers, the province is the largest area of the county, with an average altitude of 4562 meters. Within the jurisdiction of two nature reserves, including the long Shagong Ma National Nature Reserve in 2009 as a national promotion; Los shall be white-lipped deer nature reserve as a provincial nature reserve. Shiqu wetland belonging to our unique Tibetan Plateau alpine wetland, originated in the Quaternary glacial retreat last moraine lakes. The county total area of wetlands 1.1 million hectares, is China's rare alpine wetland base.

Shiqu County, the ecological environment is the result of millions of years before the formation, but also difficult to recycle valuable resources, which maintain the ecological balance of the plateau, to maintain the ecological balance of the Yangtze and Yellow River source, at the same time it is important to the majority of Tibetan herders depend for survival and development production.

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