CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-HAIZHU WETLAND (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-GUANGZHOU-HAIZHU WETLAND (CN)

(230202) -- GUANGZHOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Scaly-breasted munias are seen at Haizhu Wetland in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 25, 2020. Haizhu Wetland was designated as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced Thursday on the occasion of the 27th World Wetlands Day. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

China's Heilongjiang sees endangered species recover under conservation efforts

STORY: China's Heilongjiang sees endangered species recover under conservation efforts DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of wild birds 2. various of forests in China's Heilongjiang STORYLINE: At Hailang River in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, dozens of Chinese merganser ducks are preparing for their migration south. Chinese merganser ducks, or scaly-sided mergansers, are an endangered species under class-one state protection. The species is also listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In recent years, the province has beefed up measures to restore forests, wetlands and other ecosystems. China Longjiang Forest Industry Group Co., Ltd., which takes care of over 14.5 percent of Heilongjiang's total land area, has established 49 nature reserves with a total area of 2,561,300 hectares. Thanks to these efforts, the local population of Chinese mergansers has grown from around a dozen

Rare ducks spotted near water control project in Jiangxi, China

STORY: Rare ducks spotted near water control project in Jiangxi, China DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: JIANGXI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the scaly-sided mergansers 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIU XIAOBING, Director of Wildlife Conservation Station in Wan'an County, Jiangxi Province 3. various of the scaly-sided mergansers STORYLINE: Recently, researchers spotted about 15 scaly-sided mergansers on the water area near the Jinggangshan water control project of Ganjiang River in Wan'an County, Jiangxi Province. Scaly-sided merganser, a first-class nationally protected animal of China, migrates to the south of the Huaihe River in October every year. The number of scaly-sided mergansers migrating to Jiangxi Province is large, with the highest record of 165 in 2015. Previously, scaly-sided mergansers have been spotted in this water area for several times. Its population is relatively stable. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): QIU XIAOBING, Director of Wildlife Conservation Statio

Man referred to prosecutors for auctioning stuffed pangolin

Man referred to prosecutors for auctioning stuffed pangolin

Photo taken April 9, 2018, at a Tokyo police station shows a stuffed pangolin, a scaly mammal protected under law, seized by police after it was put up for an online auction in October 2017. A 36-year-old man running a mail order business in Shimane Prefecture was referred to prosecutors the same day on suspicion of trying to sell the stuffed mammal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo