Henan launches science popularization education exercise activities on International Biodiversity Day – Henan Channel Xinhuanet

Xinhuanet, Zhengzhou, May 25 (Fan Zuoyan) Recently, the home event of International Biodiversity Day in Henan was held in Dongzhai National Nature Reserve, Luoshan County. Six artificially bred crested ibises were released and re-wilded in Dongzhai National Nature Reserve, Luoshan County, Xinyang City, and returned to the wild.

The event will hold popular science education and exercise activities around the theme “From Agreement to Cooperation: Biodiversity Restoration” By releasing crested ibises, visiting animal protection centers and rare plants such as crested pheasants, and sharing the participation from experts. channels will be widened and biodiversity will be created A good atmosphere for conservation will further improve public awareness of conservation.

In recent years, Henan Province has systematically conducted biodiversity surveys, monitoring, and assessments, leading and promoting extensive public participation, and the province’s biodiversity has become increasingly rich. Henan Province is understood to have recorded a total of 656 species of terrestrial vertebrates, 3,979 known species of higher plants, a forest area of ​​4.187 million hectares, and a wetland area of ​​627,900 hectares.

Li Zhe, secretary of the party group and director of the Henan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that Henan will take more efforts and more concrete measures to implement various tasks to make Henan’s ecosystem more diverse, stable and sustainable, and to allow biological species and biological genetic resources are fully protected. (over)