Xinhua Headlines: Tech innovations enhance wildlife conservation on "roof of the world"

Xinhua Headlines: Tech innovations enhance wildlife conservation on "roof of the world"

(240303) -- XINING, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A policeman pays tribute to the monument of Sonam Dargye in Hoh Xil, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

Xinhua Headlines: Tech innovations enhance wildlife conservation on "roof of the world"

Xinhua Headlines: Tech innovations enhance wildlife conservation on "roof of the world"

(240303) -- XINING, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A ranger feeds a rescued Tibetan antelope cub at the Sonam Dargye Protection Station in Hoh Xil, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

A visit to Tibetan antelopes' rescue center in China's Hoh Xil

STORY: A visit to Tibetan antelopes' rescue center in China's Hoh Xil DATELINE: June 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: HOH XIL, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): WANG JINJIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of Tibetan antelopes 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): TSEWEN DORJE, Patroller of Sonam Dargye protection station 4. various of Tibetan antelopes 5. STANDUP 2 (English): WANG JINJIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): WANG JINJIN, Xinhua correspondent "This year's annual migration of Tibetan antelopes is underway. Today we are visiting a 'kindergarten' of baby Tibetan antelopes in Hoh Xil, northwestern China's Qinghai Province." Hoh Xil is a world heritage site sitting at an average altitude of over 4,600 meters in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It's an ideal habitat for Tibetan antelopes. To better protect wildlife, a rescue center was set up at the Hoh Xil Sonam Dargye protection station in 2002. Patrolling and monitoring have also been stepped up

China makes strides in protecting biodiversity

STORY: China makes strides in protecting biodiversity DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of plants and wild animal in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Voice of YANG QUAN, Chongqing Xuebaoshan National Nature Reserve 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Voice of CHEN NAN, Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Voice of WEI RONGPING, Director, Wolong Shenshuping panda base 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): Voice of DUAN WENBIN, Shaanxi Hanzhong Crested Ibis National Nature Reserve 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): Voice of ZHAO XINLU, Head of Sonam Dargye Protection Station, Sanjiangyuan National Park STORYLINE: China is one of the countries with the highest plant diversity, providing habitats for 37,000+ types of higher plants, accounting for about one-tenth of the world's total. A critically endangered plant, known as Euonymus aquifolium, has been rediscovered in China, over 110 years after it was first found in the country. Thuja sutchuenen

Snow leopard cub released into wild in China's Tibet

STORY: Snow leopard cub released into wild in China's Tibet DATELINE: Dec. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the snow leopard STORYLINE: A snow leopard, a species on China's top protection list, was released into the wild on Sunday, months after it was rescued in the rural area of Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. In July, two weak cubs were found in a curling position when a local villager in Lhunzhub County was on his way to dig caterpillar fungus, said Luo Qin, who works at the forestry and grassland administration of the county. The other cub died despite rescue efforts. Tenzin Dargye, a wildlife ranger responsible for taking care of the snow leopard, said the male cub, now almost six months old, is healthy enough to be released into the wild, and they will keep tracking its condition to make sure it will get used to nature. This year, Lhunzhub County rescued many wild animals under the country's