Beijing, 8 Oct (China News Service) -- Li Chunliang, deputy director of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China, said at a press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council on 8 October that through the implementation of measures such as the protection of critically endangered wild animals and the severe crackdown on illegal trade, the continuous decline of China's giant pandas, crested ibises, Asian elephants, Tibetan antelopes and other endangered wild animals has been basically reversed and restored.
The State Council Information Office released a white paper on "China's Biodiversity Conservation" in Beijing on the 8th, saying that China implemented the endangered species rescue project, rescued and protected some rare and endangered wild animals, expanded the population through artificial breeding, and finally released them into nature. The number of artificially bred giant pandas has shown rapid and high-quality growth, and the level of threat of giant pandas has been reduced from "endangered" to "vulnerable", and the wild release has been realized and successfully integrated into the wild population. Elk, which once disappeared in the wild, have established three major protected populations in Nanhaizi, Jiangsu, and Shishou, Hubei, with a total of more than 8,000.
Li Chunliang said that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the protection of wild animals, through the implementation of critically endangered wildlife protection, to ensure that species do not become extinct, promote the progress of artificial breeding technology, and realize the release of multiple species in the wild and the restoration and reconstruction of wild populations. At the same time, we will initially build and improve the monitoring and prevention and control system for epidemic diseases in wild animals to effectively prevent and control the spread of the epidemic.
"China has become an important force in global ecological protection. In particular, China has stopped trading activities such as tigers, rhinos and their products and ivory operations and utilization, and properly disposed of the Asian elephant herds moving north, which fully demonstrates the good image of China as a responsible major country," Li Chunliang said, through these measures, the continuous decline of a variety of endangered wild animals such as giant pandas, crested ibises, Asian elephants, and Tibetan antelopes has been basically reversed and restored.
Li Chunliang said that in the next step, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration will conscientiously implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, orderly rescue and protect rare and endangered wild animals, improve the biodiversity protection system, strictly manage import and export and law enforcement, strengthen the monitoring, early warning and prevention and control of epidemic-source diseases, strengthen the control of alien species, take active guidance and regulation measures, scientifically handle conflicts between humans and wild animals, maintain biodiversity and biosecurity, and constantly create a new situation in wildlife protection to achieve harmonious coexistence between man and wildlife. (End)
Source: China News Network
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