Wuyishan National Park is located in the northwest of Fujian Province, with the most complete, typical and largest central subtropical native forest ecosystem in the same latitude belt in the world, and its species richness ranks among the top in the world's continental fauna. At present, the background survey of biological resources in Wuyishan National Park is underway. On October 30, the survey team announced the results of the first phase of the survey, including a major result, which found two new species: a new amphibian species, the Wuyi forest frog, and a new species of large fungi, the polymorphic oil cyst mushroom, which has been published in the authoritative journal of international taxonomy.
It is understood that the natural environment of Wuyishan National Park is diverse, since the pilot of the national park system in 2016, 5 new species have been found, such as The Rain God Horned Toad, Fujian Tianma, Wuyi Fengxian Flower, Wuyishan Yelan, wuyishan baby ginseng and so on. The discovery of the two new species is of great scientific research value.
It is understood that since April this year, under the guidance of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Fujian Provincial Forestry Bureau, the Wuyishan National Park Administration has organized the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and other units to comprehensively launch a three-year background survey of biological resources, systematically carry out background investigations of ecosystems, vegetation, higher plants, terrestrial vertebrates, aquatic organisms, insects, microorganisms, etc. within the scope of Wuyishan National Park, grasp the types, distribution characteristics and dynamic changes of various biological resources, and find out the background of biological resources.
Since the launch of the survey, hundreds of experts and scholars from more than 20 institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutes, including the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, and the Institute of Edible Mushrooms of the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, have carried out more than 50 multidisciplinary field investigations. At present, 863 sample lines, 2307 sample points have been investigated, and more than 10,000 specimens have been collected. The survey found two new species, four new record species in China and 122 new record species in Wuyishan. Three species of national first-class protected animals were recorded, namely the yellow-bellied horned pheasant, the white-necked long-tailed pheasant, and the golden-spotted beaked phoenix butterfly; and 43 species of national second-level protected animals, including the Tibetan chief monkey, the Chinese iguana, the black bear, the white-bellied falcon eagle, the pine sparrow eagle, the thrush, the giant salamander, the tiger striped frog, the king cobra, the golden phoenix butterfly, the pulling rifle, the yangcai arm golden turtle, etc. There is 1 species of wild plants protected at the national level, which is the southern yew tree, and 10 species of wild plants under national second-level protection, including Chinese kiwifruit, thrush, Andyron fuchsia, etc.
National parks have outstanding national representation and ecological importance in terms of biological resources and biodiversity, and finding out the background of biological resources and grasping the status of biodiversity are important prerequisites and fundamental means for comprehensively improving the construction and management level of national parks.
Source: CCTV News