CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-HERDSMAN-LIBRARY (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-HERDSMAN-LIBRARY (CN)

(240520) -- LANZHOU, May 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Weizhi stands in front of his library in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 16, 2024. TO GO WITH "Profile: Herdsman who runs library for villagers in NW China" (Xinhua/Xu Haofu)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-HERDSMAN-LIBRARY (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-LANZHOU-HERDSMAN-LIBRARY (CN)

(240520) -- LANZHOU, May 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An Weizhi arranges books at his library in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County of Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 16, 2024. TO GO WITH "Profile: Herdsman who runs library for villagers in NW China" (Xinhua)

Multiple measures benefit endangered fish species in China

STORY: Multiple measures benefit endangered fish species in China DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yangtze River 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese) : YAO WEIZHI, Professor, Southwest University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN ZHON, Deputy Director, Fisheries Research Institute of Wanzhou District, Chongqing 4. various of Yangtze River STORYLINE: Thanks to protection measures, the endangered Dabry's sturgeon can be spotted in the Yangtze River in China. Dabry's sturgeon, also known as the Yangtze sturgeon, has lost its natural ability to reproduce since 2000 due to overfishing and crowded rivers, among others. It was classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2010. To restore biodiversity, China implemented a full fishing ban in 332 conservation areas in the Yangtze River basin in January 2020. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese) : YAO WEIZHI, Professor, Southwest University "Because the Yangt