my country's marine life diversity is significantly improved

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 23 (Reporter Gao Jing) Zhang Zhifeng, deputy director of the Marine Ecological Environment Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said on the 23rd that in recent years, many typical marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, mangroves, and seaweed beds in my country have been effectively protected. Biological diversity has been significantly improved. Nearly 30%of the country's near -shore waters and 37%of the mainland coastline have been included in the scope of ecological protection red line control.

At a press conference held on the day of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Zhang Zhifeng said that my country is one of the most rich countries in Shanghai's foreign creatures in the world, and the types of marine ecosystems are rich and diverse. According to the "China Marine Ecological Environmental Status Bulletin 2021", 6 of the 24 typical marine ecosystems monitored by the country are healthy and 18 are healthy.

Zhang Zhifeng said that on the one hand, the health status of my country's marine ecosystem has generally improved. In 2016, there were two typical marine ecosystems in a "unhealthy" state. The typical marine ecosystem is still in a sub -health state. In the future, it still needs to continue to increase the repair and repair of marine ecological protection and continuously improve the quality and stability of the marine ecosystem.

Zhang Zhifeng, deputy director of the Department of Marine Ecology and Environment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced the relevant situation of marine life diversity. (Photo confession of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment)

He introduced that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue to strengthen the protection of marine life in the next step, cooperate with relevant departments to accelerate the establishment of marine nature protection land system, and take the Gulf (Bay Area) as the unit to strengthen typical marine ecosystems, rare endangered marine life, habitat, ecology, ecology The overall protection of the corridor. At the same time, guide supervision of the restoration and recovery of damaged marine ecosystems along the coast, implementing marine ecological restoration and recovery measures in a targeted manner, and strengthening the supervision and management of the ecological environment of the marine ecological repair zone.

In addition, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will continue to carry out the "Green Shield" natural protective land to strengthen supervision in accordance with their duties, increase the normalized ecological environment supervision of marine natural protection places and ecological protection red lines, and continuously strengthen the monitoring and monitoring of typical marine ecosystems The quality and stability of marine ecosystems continued to improve.

[Editor in charge: Jiao Peng]

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