ChineseToday | Guardians of endangered trees in SW China
(240811) -- CHONGQING, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Workers transplant Thuja sutchuenensis seedlings at a forestry base in Mangkam County, Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 5, 2024. Wild Thuja sutchuenensis is an endangered species of gymnosperm endemic to China and under national first-class protection. In 1998, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Thuja sutchuenensis extinct, but the species was rediscovered in Chengkou County in 1999. At present, the number of wild adult Thuja sutchuenensis plants in the world is less than 10,000, and they are only distributed in the areas of Daba Mountains including Kaizhou District and Chengkou County of Chongqing. In order to protect this endangered species, Yang Quan from Chongqing Xuebaoshan national nature reserve led a team to carry out the investigation and study of wild Thuja sutchuenensis communities, hoping to expand its population. Through years of efforts, the research team chose to take cuttings
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