General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his recent inspection in Fujian was far-reaching and inspiring, which greatly encouraged the whole city of Fuding. Over the years, Fuding City has always kept in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment, and has written a vivid footnote for Fuding to promote high-quality development in an all-round way with practical actions.
The important department responsible for ecological construction in Fuding City is determined to enhance the diversified value of lucid waters and lush mountains, insists on "protecting mangroves like loving eyes", and has achieved particularly remarkable results in accurately promoting the marine ecological restoration work in Fuding City.
Mangroves, known as the "guardians of the coast", have a strong carbon sequestration capacity and play an irreplaceable role in shore protection and disaster reduction, maintenance of coastal biodiversity, and water purification.
mangrove
Fuding, which has a long coastline, attaches great importance to the restoration of the overall marine ecosystem in the coastal zone.
Relevant person in charge of Fuding Forestry Bureau
"In recent years, we have continued to increase investment, introduced relevant compensation standards, implemented 'returning the sea to wetlands', restored and reclaimed mangroves through overall protection, systematic restoration and comprehensive management, and made every effort to build a green ecological shelter belt along the coast."
In order to install a "green" core for the ocean, Fuding City continues to promote the transformation of marine ecological advantages into development advantages. Since 2022, four "first in the country" insurance projects have been promoted in Fuding, including "Forestry Carbon Sequestration Index", "Mangrove Blue Carbon Ecological Protection Insurance", "Marine Ecological Vegetation Treatment Insurance (Special for Spartina alterniflora Control)", and "Mangrove 'Judicial + Administrative + Insurance Ecology' Protection Agreement", to build a solid risk barrier for the forestry ecosystem. Introduced the "Ant Forest Ecological Ocean Restoration Fujian Fuding Mangrove Project", and used the Ant Forest Public Welfare Fund to implement 1,700 acres of Ant Forest mangrove afforestation in Dianxia, Long'an, Jiayang and other townships, and radiated to Xiapu to plant 300 acres; At the same time, we will continue to promote the greening and beautification of Yuanshan and Taishan islands, and fully complete the task of improving and renovating 7,770 acres of forests in key areas. In 2023, the first marine ecological restoration project in Ningde City, Fujian Ningde Marine Ecological Protection and Restoration Project, will also be settled in Fuding, implementing comprehensive and systematic protection, restoration and comprehensive management of Bachimen Inner Bay. This year, the Fuding Xuncheng Mangrove Provincial Wetland Park has also been successfully approved by the Fujian Provincial Forestry Bureau, and is the only wetland park in Fujian Province that takes mangroves as the main conservation object so far.
The mangrove forest in Xuncheng Town
Mangrove planting in the inner bay of the Eight Feet Gate
With the successive implementation of a series of policies and measures, the blueprint of ecological and environmental protection in Fuding City is gradually becoming a tangible reality. Starting from the shore of the inner bay of the Bachimen, the Shacheng Port Mangrove Reserve, the coastal backbone forest, the large and small egret coastal protection area and other areas are dotted in series, jointly painting a picture of the coastal ecosystem around Shacheng Bay where egrets dance and fish and shrimp swim freely.
Today, the mangrove cover area of Fuding City has expanded significantly, covering more than 4,900 acres of sea area. The well-planned and cultivated mangrove forests are not only an important bridge between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems, but also effectively enhance the marine carbon sink function and disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities, and greatly beautify the comprehensive landscape of the city.
On this basis, Fuding City is a forward-looking vision, actively explore and practice the new model of "mangrove +" ecological industry, strive to find the best balance between protection and development, achieve a win-win situation between ecological and economic benefits, and realize the gorgeous turn from "lucid waters and lush mountains" to "golden mountains and silver mountains", so that mangroves can build a "golden" embankment on the blue sea frontier.
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Fuding Rong Media Center
Text: Wang Qili Picture: Wang Tingting, Liu Chaochao, Happy Fuding Gallery
Editor: Lin Rusty Review: Wang Jingjing Producer: Zhang Xinhui
Director: Zhuo Wenjun