Shenhu Internationally Important Wetland, as a rare freshwater lake swamp wetland in the same latitude group on the earth, has rich biodiversity. In order to help protect biodiversity and wetland ecosystems, ELLE planned to shoot the public service short film "Protecting the Beauty of Wetlands", which coincided with World Wildlife Day. The theme of this year's Wildlife Day is "Partnership for Wildlife Conservation", the protection of species and ecological environment requires firm and long-term action, and we are willing to work with many partners to establish new and broader social cooperation so that conservation can continue to thrive.
Feng Jiang looked at the picture in the telescope while pressing the counter in his hand.
Throughout the winter, a total population of more than 100,000 birds have inhabited the wetlands of international importance in Shenhu Lake. When it comes to these data, Feng Jiang is full of pride, "It means that our Shenhu wetland ecosystem is relatively healthy and perfect." Tan remembers that in November alone, more than 100 different species of birds were monitored wintering here. The bird monitoring table in her hand records the species, number, coordinates and other data of birds. So far, the Bird Species List of Shenhu Wetland Nature Reserve has recorded a total of 277 species of birds in 20 orders, 55 families. As engineers of the Shenhu Wetland Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Feng Jiang and Tan Wenzhuo are always enthusiastic when they talk to us about the work of monitoring and recording birds. From Wangjiasheng, Qiqiao, Qukou to the Bird-Watching Tower, Tan Wenzhuo said that the most enjoyable part of a day's work is recording different kinds of birds. She loves birds and knows their habits, and more often she can spend a lot of time in Shenhu Lake looking for rare species of birds. Feng Jiang looked at the shrubs and grass beaches in the distance, "The blue-headed loon duck, the white crane, and the yellow-breasted bunting, these three IUCN critically endangered species of birds, are located in the Shenhu Lake International Important Wetland. If you're lucky, you might even meet by chance. ”
There are too many birds encountered, Zhang Tianai at the end of the telescope sighed. She saw a flock of gray geese walking away from the grass beach, just moving the telescope, and in the distance the little swan, red geese, bean geese, anti-billed sandpipers, spot-billed ducks, crested wheat chickens, and red ducks swayed and foraged for food. Looking at them, Zhang Tianai remembered seeing birds migrating in the north, "When I was a child, because I grew up in the north, I could often look at the sky in a fixed season and flocks of birds flying towards the south. They are looking for a new home. When Zhang Tianai saw birds flying south, she wondered what the winter climate was like in the south. After a longer time, he can leave home independently, and Zhang Tianai has a lot of longing and curiosity about the word "south". She was more curious about the southern winter scene than the journey of walking through it. "It's like you can have a train ticket to the south, and you have to go south a little bit by working hard, and the process in between is actually very similar to the process of bird migration." They experience all kinds of bad weather along the way, and in order to survive, they have to scout for food as they hover. What will happen along the way is unknown, people and birds and all living things seem to be so, and survival is meaningful. ”
Like a grey crane. They are found in Northern Europe, Western Europe to northern Mongolia, northern China, and eastern Siberia. Every winter, these trans-Eurasian and African continents begin to migrate, and some of them choose to inhabit lakes and swamps in Shenhu Lake and nearby lakes and swamps with abundant food resources, sheltered by aloe bushes, and high habitability and safety. After warming up in February, the gray crane began to move north again, "the crane sings in Jiugao, and the sound is heard in the wild." "At this time, Shenhu, a typical freshwater lake swamp wetland that is rare among the lakes at the same latitude on Earth, becomes a gathering place for gray cranes. Thousands of them gather in the sinking lake, where they recharge their batteries and retain their strength to prepare for the long journey to the unknown. Sometimes, first-class protected animals such as bald cranes and white-naped cranes hide in the gray crane herd and migrate with them. From north to south, and south to north, the grey crane survives, as Stephen Moss wrote in Birds in the Bush: "Everywhere I go, birds remind me that there is another world, and although sometimes there is an intersection with the world we are in, we can never really understand that world." They seem to be messengers from another world, a world that is relevant to us and beyond us, and that those of us who are bound by the earth cannot see through. ”
The world in which birds survive has also undergone rapid change. Later, Tan Wenzhuo told us, "In Shenhu Lake, including the gray crane, there are 18 species of birds such as the eastern white stork and the curly-feathered pelican whose distribution exceeds 1% of its global population. Of course, there are also 14 species of national I. protected birds; Grade II 50 species. For this reason, Shenhu Lake is known as the "wetland waterfowl genetic preservation bank". Looking back, the Shenhu wetland was far from such a healthy condition. Feng Jiang has experienced first-hand the changes here, and in the past, Shenhu Lake was reclaimed by surrounding villagers to build arable land or fish ponds, causing wetland degradation. Later, the competent authorities invited wetland experts to systematically investigate and discuss more scientific management measures, and promote the restoration of the wetland ecosystem of Shenhu Lake through protection and restoration measures such as retreating ponds (fisheries) to wetlands, breaking ponds, connecting water systems, building diverse bird habitats, and restoring native vegetation.
Sailing through Wangjiasheng Lake, you can see a wide range of wet plants - reeds, hagi and grasses on both sides of the lake. Wu Xuanyi, who came here for the first time, listened to Tan Wenzhuo talk about the plants of Shenhu Lake and the formation process of the small wetland landscape. As far as the eye can see, there are many plant species scattered throughout the sunken lake, and as many as 441 plant species have been recorded.
After graduating from Beijing Forestry University majoring in wetland ecology, Tan Wenzhuo has been working in Shenhu Wetland. Participating in the ecological monitoring of wetlands in the reserve is a common occurrence for her, so Tan Wenzhuo is also very familiar with the distribution location of plants in Shenhu Lake. She took Wu Xuanyi to the shore near the water, where some wet-growing plants such as grass and centella asiatica were distributed. "I know this, does it have someone named Lian Qiancao?" Wu Xuanyi asked after seeing Centella Asiatica. "Yes, it's also called broken copper money grass. You think that a whole circle is more like a copper coin, and if it breaks a hole, we call it broken copper money grass. "The topic extends to emergent plants, submerged plants, and floating plants, and as they go forward, they continue to extend to changes in biodiversity with wet plants as the axis. Ralston, an environmental ethicist, wrote in Philosophy Goes to the Wilderness: "Every time we name a life form and recognize it, our strength increases a little, and our love increases a little." We can come here boldly, and we are free to love life forms that have been defined and placed in order by others without fear of danger. The knowledge accumulated little by little by our predecessors has become our strength. ”
From the boat ride to the small wetlands, Wu Xuanyi observed that the water quality here was visibly clear to the naked eye. Wu Xuanyi, who grew up in Hainan, knows that this tropical island is moisturized by large and small rivers, and she will also pay attention to the identification of water quality. On the same day, Tan Wenzhuo brought a simple water quality testing tool, Wu Xuanyi, who has always been a doer, said that she was used to exploring and discovering and then going deeper into cognition, so they took water on the spot and tested the pH of the water quality with PH test strips, showing neutral to weak alkaline. Wu Xuanyi listened to Tan Wenzhuo's narration that aquatic plants have great credit in the process of water ecological restoration. The enrichment, filtration, precipitation, absorption, degradation and other characteristics of these aquatic plants can further improve water quality.
In addition to manual monitoring, Shenhu Wetland has an "intelligent biodiversity monitoring system", which can monitor water quality, soil, birds, plants and other wetland resources in real time through high-definition cameras. "After the international presentation at the COP14 conference last November, many other protected sites have come to Shenhu Lake to exchange and learn." Tang Yuwei, Wuhan Regional Program Specialist of WWF Switzerland Beijing Representative Office, introduced.
In the Shenhu wetland, a total of 59 front-end perception devices have been deployed, and through sound recognition and video recognition, species can be tracked and monitored in real time. Including the sounds of some rare birds, they can also be transmitted back to the system and converted into voiceprints for retention. In fact, in mid-February, the Shenhu Wetland Smart Monitoring System captured a black-tailed gull walking back and forth on the shoal and pecking down its head in the evening, the first time since 2007 that the black-tailed gull's whereabouts were recorded. The environmental indicators and real-world simulation sections of the smart monitoring system also help wetland staff better manage wetlands.
Near the end of the shooting, Shen Lake was reflected by the setting sun, and the surface of the water reflected orange and red waves. A flock of birds migrate from afar, passing through the center of the sunset until they fly over the lake and reach the wetland of Shenhu Lake, which is internationally important.
When the water falls and the grass rises, you hear a thousand sounds and listen to the sound of birds. Shenhu Internationally Important Wetland, with the concerted efforts of man and nature, continues to write ecological balance and escort the return of wetland waterfowl; Attach importance to wetland restoration, ensure living conditions, and contribute to the stability and development of global biodiversity.
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Part of the proceeds of Sisley's all-round lotion (upgraded).
It is used to support the ecological restoration of Shenhu Lake Internationally Important Wetlands
WORKING WITH One Earth Nature Foundation, WWF
Jointly promote the trend of wetland restoration and continue to write ecological balance
Special thanks
Shenhu Lake is an internationally important wetland
WWF
Executive Producer/Director: Shu Xiumeng
Assistant Director: Zhang Hanzi
Producer: Kappy, Zhang Li Xun
Planner: Shu Xiumeng Meng Yi
Artist Coordinator: Sami Zhang
Co-ordination: Meng Yi Chapter Moon Shadow
Camera director: Zhou Zizi
Videography: Hu Zhiyuan, Tan Wenzhuo
Recording: Cui Jianyou
Aerial photography: Zhang Jiwu
DIT: Peng Yan
Later stage: Hsiangyu Cheng
Shape: Hua Xiaoyan
Makeup: Zhang Tianai (Xu Zhiqi), Wu Xuanyi (Huang Dedi)
DESIGN: WINO MIKA CHAPTER
Operation: Xiao Wen, Lu Jun