Saving Qinghai鈥檚 鈥榢idneys of the Earth鈥
Print Edition
Northwestern Qinghai Province spent 156 million yuan (US$23 million) last year on wetlands protection and restoration, local authorities said yesterday.
The conservation and restoration funds consisted of 109 million yuan provided by the central government and 47 million yuan provided by the provincial government, according to Ma Jianhai, director of the provincial wetlands conservation and management center.
The central government funds included 61 million yuan of subsidy funds, 43.4 million yuan of budgetary funds for wetlands protection projects and 4.7 million yuan for a peatlands survey.
To ensure that all the funds had been used properly, the center made an implementation plan for their use.
The province has also made progress in wetlands conservation mechanisms, organizing local herdsmen and encouraging them to join in the protection of wetlands in Qinghai.
So far, there are nearly 1,000 wetlands rangers protecting around 2 million hectares of lakes, rivers and constructed wetlands across the province. Each of the rangers will be given 1,800 yuan every month by the local government.
Wetlands have been referred to as the 鈥淓arth鈥檚 kidneys鈥 because they are vital to ecological balance.
With more than 8 million hectares of wetlands, Qinghai Province has more wetlands than anywhere else in China. Three have been listed as Wetlands of International Importance, while the province is also home to 19 national wetlands.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
