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China Has Started Up the
National Project on Wildlife Protection and Nature
Reserves Construction
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On Dec. 21,2001, the state forestry
administration held the meeting of starting up the
national project on wildlife protection and nature
reserve construction. Zhou Shengxian, director of
State Forestry Administration, said the State Development
Planning Commission has approved a comprehensive
plan for China's protection of wildlife and construction
of nature reserves in the first half of the 21st
century.
With the project working, more and more wildlife
and eco-system will recover and develop further.
According to the plan, the project with three stages,
lasts from 2001 to 2050 year. During the first 10
years, the goals are as follows:
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- to rescue and breed Giant Panda, Crested Ibis,
Tiger, Orchidaceous plants etc., 15 precious
and rare species, make them begin to recover
and develop,
- to make the number of nature reserves reach
1800, with 220 of those being national. The
area of nature reserves reaches 155 million
ha, up to 16% of the Chinese territory. Thereby,
some typical ecosystems could be effectively
conserved and the habitats of endangered species
will be improved.
- to strengthen the protection to natural wetland.
- to establish some breeding bases of wildlife.
- To improve and enhance the construction of
management, monitoring and research system.
By the year 2050, the plan says the number of
the country's nature reserves will reach 2,500,
with the area amounting to 172.8 million hectares
and accounting for 18 percent of the country's
total territory.
The populations of 85% of safeguard rare species,
across the country, will recover and increase,
to achieve a sustainable development of wildlife
and plant resources.
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