(EyesOnSci)CHINA-SICHUAN-ABA-CAS-ZOIGE WETLAND-RESEARCH STATION-INAUGURATION (CN)
(240726) -- HONGYUAN, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A researcher collects a peatland sample at a test platform in Zoige wetland in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 25, 2024. The Zoige Wetland Ecology Research Station, established by the Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, went operational on Friday. The station is expected to provide scientific and technical support and policy recommendations for regional ecological protection and sustainable socio-economic development in southwest China, and also make scientific explorations for global wetland protection, according to Gao Yongheng, head of the research station. The Zoige plateau, one of the main distribution areas of high-altitude wetlands in China, serves as an important ecological barrier. With the backdrop of global climate change, the region is facing significant
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