At the opening ceremony, more than 700 wetland experts and representatives from more than 20 countries around the world listened to the wonderful speech by Mr. Ananda, Secretary General of the International Convention on Wetlands.
"Next, I announce the addition of four internationally important wetlands in China: Qixinghe Wetland in Heilongjiang Province, Nanwenghe Wetland in Heilongjiang Province, Zhenbaodao Wetland in Heilongjiang Province and Gahai Wetland in Gansu Province!"
When Mr Ananda read the last name, Yuan Zecha, director of the National Nature Reserve Administration in Gahai, Gansu, who was sitting at the meeting, couldn't help standing up from his seat and applauding excitedly.
At the meeting, applause thundered and someone gave Yuan a thumbs-up sign.
Wetlands can exclude toxic substances from entering water bodies, and are known as "kidney of the earth", which is also known as the three major ecosystems in the world together with forests and oceans.
Gahai wetland is located in Luqu, our province, across the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Rich wetland resources, especially peat resources, have global significance in biodiversity protection.
In recent years, with the strong support of the provincial party committee, the provincial government, the provincial forestry department, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Luqu, the Gahai Zecha National Nature Reserve Administration of Gansu Province has achieved the recovery growth of Gahai wetland through a series of effective measures, which has attracted great attention from international wetland organizations.
In 2007, Gahai Zecha National Nature Reserve in Gansu Province began to prepare to declare an internationally important wetland.
During this period, domestic and foreign wetland experts visited Gahai many times and spoke highly of the wetland protection work in Gahai. Hans, an internationally renowned wetland expert and a professor at Graves University in Germany, praised Gahai Wetland as the only wetland that has achieved restorative growth under the global shrinking trend.
20 1 1 In late autumn, when the news came that Gahai Wetland was recognized as an internationally important wetland, people who worked hard for it cheered.
This is the honor and recognition from the highest standards in the world wetland field. However, at this moment, they waited 1 1 year.
Save the holy lake on the plateau.
Gahai Lake, known as the "Holy Lake of Plateau", is one of the birthplaces of Taohe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River, and also the source of life for local herders.
However, since 1950s, with the increasing population and overgrazing, Gahai has suffered an unprecedented ecological disaster: bare surface, desertification of grassland, decline of groundwater level and shrinking of wetlands.
1995, Gahai Lake dried up for the first time. 1997, the lake dried up again; In 2000, Gahai Lake experienced the worst drought, and the lake area became a huge bunker.
Gahai Lake dried up three times, which attracted the attention of relevant departments in our province.
In 2002, a trapezoidal dam with a length of1.74m was built at the northwest exit of Gahai Lake with the contribution of Luqu, so as to raise the water level and expand the area of the lake area. At the same time, a 4.7-kilometer-long ecological recharge canal was built to introduce the nearby Zhongqu River into Gahai Lake.
June 5438+October 2003 10, Gahai Zecha National Nature Reserve Administration was established. Since then, a "protracted war" to save Gahai Lake and protect wetlands has been launched in an all-round way.
In order to protect the core area, the management bureau of Gahai Zecha National Nature Reserve in Gansu Province contracted grassland on a catchment area of more than 52,000 hectares, which greatly enhanced the water conservation capacity of grassland. At the same time, 3,600 hectares of grassland in the core area of Gahai Lake were replaced by herders, which clarified the ownership of Gahai Wetland. In addition, the Administration also prohibits grazing around the lake area, and has set up an isolation net with a height of 2m and a length of 2 1 km along the lake, effectively protecting the wetland resources in the core area.
At the same time, the reserve management bureau also publicizes wetland protection and ecological environment maintenance to the people in the region through various forms. Through publicity, many local herders consciously joined the action of protecting Gahai.
In 2006, some herdsmen living in Xiuwa Village, Gahai Township, Luqu, near Gahai Lake, found that sweet spring water appeared in the spring eyes around Gahai Lake, which had been dry for many years. The grass on the grassland has also recovered its original density. Seven years ago, they were worried about drought and feed for cattle and sheep. ...
According to the data from the Gahai Zecha National Nature Reserve Administration of Gansu Province, this year, more than 60% of the dry mountain springs around Gahai Lake surged, the water quality was clear and the water area increased greatly. Gahai Lake, which dried up three times, reappeared the spectacular scene of water and sky.
While carrying out ecological protection, the Nature Reserve Administration has also actively established contacts with international organizations such as the World Wide Fund for Nature, the wetlands international Organization, the Global Environment Center, and the United Nations Development Programme to win financial support, and successively implemented ecological projects such as GEF wetland protection and biodiversity in Central Europe in nature reserves.
That's the nature. As long as she puts her heart into it, she will show you her best side.
20 1 1 In the early winter, the reporter saw at the Gahai Lake that the blue lake and the grassland wrapped in silver in the distance constituted a magnificent plateau picture.
"Under the trend of global wetland degradation, the Gahai wetland has been restored, which is the pride of our Gahai people and the pride of Gansu people." Yuan told reporters that since the implementation of the construction project of protection and restoration of Gahai wetland, the area of Gahai wetland has increased from 480 hectares in the early 1990s to 2 170 hectares at present, and the area of swamp wetland in Gahai Lake area has been restored to more than1.20,000 hectares, greatly enhancing the ability of flood storage and climate regulation.