Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 15, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Across mountains and seas, only for the same homeland - the Chinese way of guarding the earth's ecology
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At present, the earth on which human beings depend is facing multiple crises such as environmental pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation. Nature nurtures and nurtures human beings, and the voices and actions of respecting nature, conforming to nature, and protecting nature are precious.
From the forested mountains of South America to the deserts of the Middle East, from the steppe wildernesses of East Africa to the snow-capped mountains of river valleys in Central Asia... China's ancient wisdom and rich practice of living in harmony with nature cross the mountains and seas and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in other countries.
Symphony of the Forest
Chile, the Nahuervuta Mountains, are lined with trees and babbling springs. Home to one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, it is a haven for wildlife such as jaguars, purdue deer, skunks and other wildlife, as well as a rare animal endemic to Chile, the Darwin fox.
Bernardo Reyes, founder of the Chilean environmental organization "Forest Way", said that darwin foxes are regarded as "umbrella species" with high ecological conservation value because they are in the middle of the food chain and are a key link in the ecological chain. Biologists can use the species to understand whether its ecosystem is healthy and to guide broader conservation efforts.
However, in recent years, due to poaching and other reasons, the number of Darwin foxes in nature has plummeted, and scientists estimate that there are currently less than 1,000. In 2020, Huawei of China, together with a number of environmental organizations such as "Forest Road", brought a set of cloud-based and artificial intelligence-based ecoacoustic monitoring platform to Mount Nahuel Wuta. The platform, called Guardians of Nature, operates around the clock to recognize the calls of different animals such as Darwin's fox like the "tailwind ear", providing scientists with data on their distribution and behavior, helping to better develop conservation plans.
In the minds of Chinese technicians, the sounds of animals in the forest are so pure and cute, and they have to guard the "symphony" that they have to guard across half the world.
(Subtitle) A walk in the prairie
Kenya, Nairobi National Park, windblown grass low, blue sky. Wild animals such as giraffes, antelopes and rhinos coexist in harmony on this vast land, and natural wild fun comes into view from time to time.
Not far away, a "long dragon of steel" meanders forward, which is the "flagship project" jointly built by China and Africa - the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. Occasionally, as the train passed, the animals glanced up and then looked down to feed, as if they had just made a face-to-face meeting with an "old friend."
The Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, built by China Road and Bridge Company, has taken the protection of the ecological environment as the basic concept from the beginning of construction because the track route needs to cross the nature reserve. On the basis of investigating the living habits and migration paths of wild animals, a total of 14 large-scale wildlife passages and 79 bridges have been set up on the entire line of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway. All bridge-type animal passages have a clear height of more than 6.5 meters, and giraffes can pass without bowing their heads. The Special Bridge bridge in Nairobi National Park also minimizes the impact on animals by using sound barriers and other means to reduce train noise.
Flocks of wild animals, strolling leisurely and carefree on the vast grasslands, are the most worthy pictures in the hearts of Chinese builders far away in Africa.
(Subtitle) Desert Greenery
In Iraq, an experimental forest area on the outskirts of Baghdad, the awning is full of verdant and green shadows. Samad Kamil Ali, an expert at Iraq's National Desertification Control Commission, and his colleagues have just finished caring for the seedlings of lemon strips and are busy checking the growth of the willows. These drought-resistant plants are used to restore vegetation and gradually restore desertified land.
It is one of the most desertified regions in the world. According to data from the National Desertification Control Commission of Iraq, up to 90% of the country's land area is threatened by desertification, and 45% of agricultural land is at risk of drought and desertification.
Eight years ago, Ali came to China to learn sand prevention and control technology. In Shapotou, Ningxia, Ali saw the endless wheatgrass square building an oasis in the desert, and was immediately attracted by the wonderful wheatgrass square sand fixation method. He brought China's "magic cube" to Iraq to improve the country's common means of sand control.
Over the past few years, Iraq has been working tirelessly to achieve sustainable sand fixation, having fixed hundreds of square kilometres of mobile sand dunes. In Ali's heart, there is a dream of turning sand into "green". The experience and technology learned from distant China is gradually making his dream a reality.
(Subtitle) Yanran of the Onion Garden
In the capital of Uzbekistan, the center of the global onion garden Tashkent, indoorly cultivated onions are placed in a well-placed manner, and the large flowers and onions planted outdoors bloom. It is home to more than 120 species of allium plants from Iran, Afghanistan, the Caucasus and the Mediterranean region.
Allium plants are important edible, medicinal, garden gardening plant resources for human beings, and shallots, garlic, leeks, etc. are all all onion plants that humans eat daily. Both Uzbekistan and China are countries rich in allium plants. Ukrainian and Chinese scientific research institutions cooperate to build a global onion garden for the conservation and research of global allium germplasm resources.
The Global Onion Garden Tashkent Center has also become a "net red punch card" attraction to help the public deepen their understanding of species conservation.
Scientific research cooperation between the two countries has gradually expanded from allium plants to more species such as tulips, and scientific research institutions in other countries have also shown interest in participating. Even if they are thousands of mountains and rivers, Chinese and Ukrainian scientists have a common wish: to better protect species and better benefit mankind.
The Chinese way helps the world to outline a beautiful picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. China is bringing the concept and sustainable development experience of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" to more countries to jointly protect the beautiful earth home. (Written by: Huang Shunda, Chen Yao; Participating reporters: Si Yuan, Liu Chang, Li Yan, Li Hualing, Li Jiaxu, Wang Chendi, Cai Guodong, Li Liangyong, Chen Ying, Zhang Miao) (End)