"Bird China Bao" is ready to return to Hunan to settle in Shaoyang

On July 20, the "Zhu Xi Yeyan Return to the Hunan National Park in Hunan Nanshan National Park" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan") expert review meeting

It was held in the Sushan District of Nanshan National Park. Experts from Beijing Normal University, China Academy of Forestry Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Zhejiang University, and Central South Forestry University of Science and Technology, State Forestry and Grassland Bureau Wildlife Protection Department, Shaanxi Hanzhong Zhuxi National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Participated in the meeting. Participants inspected the project site, listened to the situation, and reviewed the relevant information. The evaluation expert group agreed that the "Implementation Plan" was practical and feasible, and it was recommended to promote the implementation as soon as possible.

If everything goes well in the future, Zhu Xi, known as the "Bird China Treasure", will return to Hunan, which has been inhabited; the Nanshan National Park, which is located in southwestern Hunan, will also become the lowest latitude distribution on the earth.

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Hunan was the distribution of Zhu Xi

Historically, Zhu Xi is widely distributed in East Asia. Among the local history of Hunan in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are a lot of records about this bird.

In the fourteenth year of the Ming Jiajing (1535), "Changde Fuzhi. Products" recorded that "red cranes are long and long beaks, and color lines are light." The "red crane" mentioned here is the folk name of Zhu Xi's use.

Anhua, Xinhua, Taoyuan, Hanshou, Changde, Fuling, Lingling, Luoxi, Chenxi, and Xupu county in the Ming and Qing dynasties, also recorded "Red Cranes".

Scholar He Yeheng, once tied the article "The Geographical Distribution of Zhu Xi". According to historical records, the article pointed out that "Before 1727, Zhu Xi was distributed in the southwest of Dongting Lake, the lower reaches of the Qijiang and the midstream, and the underwater areas."

Zhu Xi foraged in the shallow wetland and built a nest in the tall tree. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Chinese population exploded, and the land in Hunan was gradually developed. Wetland becomes farmland, and farmers will attack birds again, causing Zhu Xi to lose their foraging places; the ax enters the forest, causing Zhu Xi to lose its nesting point.

In addition, Zhu Xi's ability to survive and reproduce is worrying, so as to how he said, "after 1727, the distribution of (Zhu Xi) has gradually narrowed. By the end of the 19th century, (Zhu Xi) finally made a extinct in Hanshou."

The story of Hunan is just a microcosm of Zhu Xi's sorrow. By the middle of the 20th century, the Japanese islands, the Korean Peninsula, and the wild Zhu Xi in the southeast of Lias in the west have successively announced their extinct. China was once considered to be difficult to be spared.

Zhu Xi is a beautiful bird (picture/Wang Chao)

What is the significance of "the lowest latitude Zhu Xi distributed place"?

Fortunately, 7 Zhu Xi found in Zhongyang County, Shaanxi in 1981. The Central and Shaanxi Provincial Government quickly launched the protection and rescue work.

After the successful breeding and breeding of these seven Zhu Xi, they carried out the work of wildness. By the end of 2021, the number of wild populations in Zhu Xi in Shaanxi Province had grown to more than 6,000; Henan and Zhejiang and other places also rebuilt the breeding population by introducing the source of the Zhu Xi species and carrying out the wildness.

Overall, Zhu Xi's wild population is still limited and excessively concentrated. These two points are not conducive to Zhu Xi's species standing on the earth.

If Nanshan National Park can build a group of Zhu Xi wild, it will not only satisfy the simple emotion of "let Zhu Xi return to the homeland". It can also further expand the number and distribution range of this species, adding an insurance to the species.

The latitude of Nanshan National Park is lower than the existing fields of the Zhuxi species in the wild. If the wilderness here can be successful, it can also provide Zhu Xi's protection experience for other areas of similar geographical climate and environment.

Zhu Xi (Figure/Wang Chao) in Yang County, Shaanxi (Figure/Wang Chao)

"Affected animals, there are influential places"

The calling Zhu Xi is "Bird China Treasure", which is compared with the national treasure panda. There are really many similarities between the two.

First of all, they all look good and are loved by people. The earliest history of Japan's "Book of Japanese Books" views Zhu Xi as a bird representing Japan. There is also a saying that "Zhu Xi is auspicious bird".

Secondly, they are all "successful models of endangered species in the world" and belong to the "story" species.

Since 1998, China has given Zhu Xi as a "national ceremony" to Japan and South Korea, helping them to cultivate their own Zhu Xi group. Like the giant panda, Zhu Xi plays the role of "the Chinese people's foreign exchange ambassador".

Relying on this type of star species to create a natural reserve, it is easier to win support from all walks of life. After the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment of the protective area, all species in the area will benefit. Zhu Xi, Grand Panda, Dian Golden Monkey and other star species, so they are also known as "umbrella species". They are like a "protective umbrella" and have the energy to protect the ecology.

Nanshan National Park is one of the first national park system reform pilots. In the process of promoting the pilot, it requires the extensive support of government departments, the public, and the local masses in order to better achieve the pilot goal of "priority priority". If the "Bird China Bao" Zhu Xi can settle down smoothly, it is equivalent to providing "gravitational stone" to Nanshan Park to fight for support from all walks of life, and also provides a good grasp of implementing "priority protection".

For the above logic, Wang Mingxu, a member of the party group of the Hunan Forestry Bureau and the director of the Nanshan National Park Management Bureau, has an exquisite concluding summary: "The influential animals have influencing places and have greater influence. Nanshan 'protective models in Hunan, contributing China's wisdom and Chinese plan for promoting global biodiversity. "

One Zhu Xi Ye Hua, which is selected by the "Implementation Plan"

According to the "Implementation Plan", Nanshan National Park will introduce dozens of Zhu Xi from Shaanxi Yangxian County, and will be wild in batches.

There are two parts selected by the plan, which are located in the Sushan area of ​​Nanshan National Park and the Yellow Sang area.

Two of them have a good ecological environment, including mountains, farmland, and river beaches, which are convenient for Zhu Xi to live for food. After long -term mission, the local people also have a good awareness of environmental protection.

The Army of the National Bird Ringzhi Center said that he had the place where he had the Zhu Xi group or planned to put it into Zhu Xi. The two returning points of Nanshan National Park were the best conditions.

Wang Chao, deputy director of the Zhuxi National Nature Reserve Management Bureau of Shaanxi Province, has 20 years of protection experience in Zhu Xi. After he examined the above two places, he also expressed his recognition.

According to the "Implementation Plan", two large net cages that simulate the field environment will be built. Zhu Xi was formally returned to nature after being trained for foraging, flying, dwelling, and habitating, interference and avoidance.

Zhu Xi transportation, habitat recovery and protection, monitoring and evaluation after flying, "Implementation Plan" also gives specific paths.

With the "Implementation Plan" through demonstration, Zhu Xi returned to Hunan's road.

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