XINING, China, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 7, 2017, in Krakow, Poland, in the 41st Session of the World
Heritage Committee, Hoh Xil
became a world's natural
heritage. Located in China's Qinghai Province Yushu Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture, Hoh Xil is an
important part of the Sanjiangyuan National Park Yangtze
River Source area. This is a
land full of vitality and spirituality. Tibetan antelopes, wild ass, brown bears and other wild
animals inhabit this area. It
is known as "the third pole of the world" and "Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau wild animal gene library."
Located at the south of
Qinghai Province, China, the
Sanjiangyuan area is the birthplace of the Yangtze River, the
Yellow River and the Lancang River, and
came to be known as "China Water
Tower". In recent years, through continuous optimizations
and breakthroughs of the existing system, the construction process
of this region's ecological protection continues to accelerate,
vegetation coverage and water supply amount are increasing year by
year, the populations of wild animals recover rapidly.
In June 2016, China's first
national park system pilot was started in the Sanjiangyuan
area. In more than a
year, local government
established the vertical co-ordination management system,
completely solved the problems of the block division in the
past, the efficiency of ecological management and
protection has substantially
increased.
According to the latest monitoring data, compared with 2004,
the average grassland coverage in the Sanjiangyuan
area has increased by 11.6%, the yield of grass has increased by
29.66 kg per mu, the desertification area has decreased by nearly
500 square kilometers, and the wetland has increased nearly
by 50%.
The Qinghai Province Hoh Xil
Natural Heritage Protection Regulations were formally implemented on October 1, 2016. From then on, Hoh
Xil is under special legal protection.
The regulations clear that Hoh Xil needs to give full play
to scientific research, education, display function, and rationally
carry out ecological science tourism. Mr. Luo Yanhai, deputy
director, Forest Public Security Bureau of the Hoh Xil National
Nature Reserve Bureau said,
"The fact that Hoh Xil is
recognized by the World Heritage Committee as a world heritage -- a
wealth of human which is rare and unable to replace -- presents a
major opportunity for Hoh Xil. The ultimate goal is to
protect."
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SOURCE Sanjiangyuan National Park Administration