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Reserves join up to fight poachers
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September 12, 2010, Sunday
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FOUR leading nature reserves in western China have vowed to work together to protect Tibetan antelopes, an endangered species on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The four reserves, two in the northwestern Qinghai Province, one in Tibet Autonomous Region and one in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will carry out joint patrols in the antelopes' habitats to guard against poaching.
"We'll also carry out joint research and personnel exchanges to share our experience in antelope protection," said Tseten Druk, director of the Hoh Xil national nature reserve administration in Qinghai Province. He was speaking at a seminar on Tibetan antelope conservation with experts from the four reserves in Xining, capital of Qinghai Province.
The reserves are located at an average altitude of over 4,000 meters and are ideal habitats for Tibetan antelopes and other species, including wild yaks and wild Tibetan donkeys.
Their collaboration was aimed at creating a safer environment for Tibetan antelopes during their massive seasonable migration, said Tseten Druk.
"We had some exchanges in the past," said Wu Haipeng, a forestry official in Ngari Prefecture of Tibet. "But we need to intensify cooperation and club together to form a stronger force."
There used to be millions of Tibetan antelopes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but excessive hunting and human encroachment on their habitat caused their population to plummet in past decades.
Chinese conservation officers launched a campaign to crack down on illegal poaching of Tibetan antelopes in 1999 in Hoh Xil, a reserve that encompasses China's largest area of uninhabited land.
The region became well- known following the release of the film "Kekexili Mountain Patrol" by Chinese director Lu Chuan. It tells the true story of a journalist who joined a patrol chasing poachers trading in antelope skins.
The four reserves, two in the northwestern Qinghai Province, one in Tibet Autonomous Region and one in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will carry out joint patrols in the antelopes' habitats to guard against poaching.
"We'll also carry out joint research and personnel exchanges to share our experience in antelope protection," said Tseten Druk, director of the Hoh Xil national nature reserve administration in Qinghai Province. He was speaking at a seminar on Tibetan antelope conservation with experts from the four reserves in Xining, capital of Qinghai Province.
The reserves are located at an average altitude of over 4,000 meters and are ideal habitats for Tibetan antelopes and other species, including wild yaks and wild Tibetan donkeys.
Their collaboration was aimed at creating a safer environment for Tibetan antelopes during their massive seasonable migration, said Tseten Druk.
"We had some exchanges in the past," said Wu Haipeng, a forestry official in Ngari Prefecture of Tibet. "But we need to intensify cooperation and club together to form a stronger force."
There used to be millions of Tibetan antelopes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but excessive hunting and human encroachment on their habitat caused their population to plummet in past decades.
Chinese conservation officers launched a campaign to crack down on illegal poaching of Tibetan antelopes in 1999 in Hoh Xil, a reserve that encompasses China's largest area of uninhabited land.
The region became well- known following the release of the film "Kekexili Mountain Patrol" by Chinese director Lu Chuan. It tells the true story of a journalist who joined a patrol chasing poachers trading in antelope skins.
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