The countdown is 100 days, and the covenant of the rivers and lakes!

Wuhan, a city born with water. 1624 square kilometers of wetland grass and trees are rich, 165 rivers are running day and night, 166 lakes are like pearls, 10 wetland parks, 5 nature reserves ... Here, there are human fireworks with tens of millions of people, and it is also a beautiful home of thousands of spirits.

Jiefang Park. Photo by Zhang Bin

In June of this year, Wuhan passed the "International Wetland City" certification and boarded the international stage. After 100 days, the 14th Conference of the Convention of the Wetland Convention (COP14 Conference) will be held in Wuhan. Focus.

How much do you know about Wuhan Wetland?

COP14 countdown for 100 days, let us re -understand the "wetland capital" Wuhan.

Under the second bridge of Hankou River Beach. Photo by Wu Wei

"International Wetland City" represents the highest achievement of a city for the protection of wetland ecology, and is a thick international "gold signboard".

At present, a total of 43 cities in the world have won the title of "International Wetland City", of which 13 are in my country.

Wuhan is undoubtedly special in these 43 cities. It will not only become the first "international wetland city" to host the International Wetland Conference, it is also the only "international wetland city" with a population of over 10 million.

Du Gonghu National Wetland Park. Zhang Chuanming Photo

Wuhan is a central city in central China and a major city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is also an important industrial base, science and education base, comprehensive transportation hub and historical and cultural cities in the country, with a resident population of 13 million people.

The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Garden and Forestry Bureau introduced that the "international wetland city" with a population of more than 10 million is not only all abroad, but also in China, only nearly 10 million in Hefei and Nanchang.

Donghu National Wetland Park. Qin Yan Photo

According to the National Second Wetland Resources Survey, Wuhan's wetland area is about 162,500 hectares, accounting for 18.9%of the area. This ratio is three times the world's average ratio.

Wuhan is the largest city in China. It has 5 national wetland parks including Donghu, Caidian Houguan Lake, Jiangxia Anshan, Tibetan Dragon Island, and Du Gonghu in the East and West Lake District, as well as a national wetland park in Jinyin Lake in the East and West Lake District.

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Relevant statistics show that Wuhan Wetland Resources ranks among the top three inland cities in the world, and the per capita occupation of surface water ranks first in the world's major cities. I do n’t know if I do n’t know, it ’s scary!

Shenhu International's important wetland. Photo by Zhang Bin

Shenhu International's important wetland (Hubei Shenhu Provincial Wetland Nature Reserve) is located in the southwestern part of Caidian District, Wuhan. It is one of the best wetlands in the world in the world in the same latitude. "".

This was part of Gu Yunmengze. Today, it has become the largest freshwater lake lake wetland on the Jianghan Plain, and it is one of the 64 important wetlands in the country.

Shenhu International's important wetland. Shi Wei Photo

There are nine specified standards for important wetlands in the world, and it can be included in important international wetlands as long as it meets any of them. In 2013, Shenhu has met the total number of birds exceeding 20,000, and the total number of 8 birds accounts for more than 1%of the global population. It supports white cranes, green head ducks, and yellow breasts. Five standards such as dangerous species.

In September of the same year, the State Forestry Administration and the International Wetland Convention Organization Secretariat jointly designated Shenhu as the "important international wetland" to become the only international and important wetland in Wuhan. This gold signboard is the most heavy!

Wuhan Jinyin Lake National City Wetland Park. Zhang Chuanming Photo

Located in the northwestern part of Wuhan, the "young" national economic and technological development zone, Ling Airport, has rapidly leaped forward to the "100 billion GDP Club" since 2019.

Wuhan Jinyin Lake National City Wetland Park, the first national urban wetland park in Wuhan, is also the first national urban wetland park in the provincial capital cities.

Wuhan Jinyin Lake National City Wetland Park. Photo by Chen Liang

On the one hand, the economic development is hot, and on the other hand, the lake is quiet and quiet. Green water and green mountains and Jinshan Yinshan, in the airport, they blend and symbiosis, the city is prosperous due to the water, and the water is accompanied by the city.

Donghu Lingbo Gate. Photo by Du Honghua

What is the wetland?

In Wuhan, the wetland is the Yangtze River and Han River passing through the city. It is more than a hundred lakes in the stars. It is a pond, a rice field, a reservoir ...

How close is our connection with the wetland?

One side of the water and soil, a plate of Wuchang fish, and a bowl of lotus root soup is the nostalgia in the hearts of the distant travelers; Favorite summer entertainment.

Bamboo Leaf Sea Park. Zou Youqin Photo

If it is said that the 16 wetland nature reserves and wetland parks in Wuhan are poetry and distant places.

In more than 100 comprehensive parks in Wuhan, most of them are in the lake, and their temperament is beautiful. The Jiangtan Parks on both sides of the river have their own temperament and style, carrying hundreds of lifestyles in Wuhan people.

Mo Shui Lake Park. Photo by Chen Liang

When you are soaked in the Yangtze River in the summer, when you jump into Donghu Water ... you can really feel that Wuhan is the "wetland capital", and you are already in the rivers and lakes.

Wuhan people's hydrophilic and music water engraved in their bones

We have already well known

Harmony with wetlands

The pace of protecting the wetland

We will not stop at this event, we will always be on the road

100 days later, the international wetland convention!

Wen ｜ Peng Yuying Yang Xiaoyu Huang Yating

Photo ｜ Changjiang Daily Urban Photography Team

(Source: Wuhan Greening, Yangtze River Daily)

【Edit: Shang Pei】

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