Project aims to attract birds
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AN ecological restoration project aimed at attracting more wild birds to a wetland in suburban Jinshan District will be completed by the end of the year, the district government said yesterday, adding that it is about 80 percent completed.
The 232,000-square-meter wetland near Jinshan City Beach, to be named “Parrot Island” because of its shape, will become part of a national ocean park that the district government plans to establish by 2020.
With an investment of 92.4 million yuan (US$13.8 million), mostly from the central government, the wetland project will have three main objectives: purifying the water, restoring the salt marsh and creating an attractive habitat for local birds.
“The project will create [beautiful] wetland scenery through the restoration of the aquatic environment as well as the creation of artificial features,” said a district water official.
The wetlands in the northern part of Hangzhou Bay are degenerating ecologically and shrinking as a result of port construction and fishing, according to the water authority.
The project, which started in 2015, aims to curb that trend, restoring the wetland’s ecological functions, it said on its official website.
To achieve these objectives, clean water will be pumped into the wetland, and a dam will be built upstream to simulate tides in the salt marsh, facilitating plant growth.
The project also aims to reduce the amount of major aquatic pollutants, such as inorganic nitrogen, phosphate and floating materials, by as much as 30 percent, the official added.
After the completion of the project, part of the area will be open to the public as a scientific education base for those wishing to learn about the local environment and the restoration process.
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