CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-GRASSLAND-SHEPHERD FAMILY (CN)

(230914) -- XINING, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tashi Choepel's daughter Rinchen Dolma grazes in Duosong Village, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 17, 2023. Shepherd Tashi Choepel, 41 years old, lives with his wife, son and daughter in Duosong Village in the center of the Hequ Grassland, which is located along the Yellow River bordering northwest China's Qinghai and Gansu provinces and southwest China's Sichuan Province. He raises over 300 cattle and 400 plus sheep in his pasturage. His wife Dougekyi and daughter Rinchen Dolma milk them after breakfast everyday. The milk can bring about 300 yuan (about 41.3 U.S. dollars) per day for the family when the production and market are fine. The family will move to their winter pasturage in October. When his wife milks, Tashi Choepel will graze on horse or on motorcycle. With stable public order, he has no need to worry about the stealing of his livestock. His major problem comes with the wolves as the ecologi

Wuhan: a city of wetlands

STORY: Wuhan: a city of wetlands DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuhan STORYLINE: Wuhan in central China is the main venue of the 14th COP meeting on wetland conservation. The 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) is held from Nov. 5 to 13. It is the first time such a meeting has been hosted in China. A parallel session will be held in Geneva, Switzerland. Wuhan sits at the confluence of the Yangtze River and its longest tributary the Han River. It boasts more than 1,600 square km of wetlands, which account for 18.9 percent of the city's total area. The city has 165 rivers, 166 lakes, five wetland nature reserves and ten wetland parks. Wuhan's wetlands are home to more than 400 wild animal species and over 400 plant species. Earlier this year, Wuhan was awarded the title of "International Wetland City" in recognition of its achievement in urban wetland ecologi

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

(220705) -- XINING, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2022 shows the view of Angsai Canyon in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Sanjiangyuan, which means the "source of three rivers," is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. The area provides the lower reaches of these major rivers with more than 60 billion cubic meters of water annually. Home to Sanjiangyuan, the province of Qinghai has been dubbed "the water tower of China." The Sanjiangyuan area once witnessed large-scale ecological degradation as a result of natural changes and human activities. The headwaters of the Yellow River was once cut off and many of the grasslands that herders relied on for their livelihood became barren. Beginning in 2005, China launched a major ecological project to protect and restore the environment in Sanjiangyuan. In 2016, China started piloting the Sanjiangyuan National Park. Thanks to the protective measures, the ecologi

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

(220705) -- XINING, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2022 shows the view of Angsai Canyon in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Sanjiangyuan, which means the "source of three rivers," is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. The area provides the lower reaches of these major rivers with more than 60 billion cubic meters of water annually. Home to Sanjiangyuan, the province of Qinghai has been dubbed "the water tower of China." The Sanjiangyuan area once witnessed large-scale ecological degradation as a result of natural changes and human activities. The headwaters of the Yellow River was once cut off and many of the grasslands that herders relied on for their livelihood became barren. Beginning in 2005, China launched a major ecological project to protect and restore the environment in Sanjiangyuan. In 2016, China started piloting the Sanjiangyuan National Park. Thanks to the protective measures, the ecologi

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

CHINA-QINGHAI-SANJIANGYUAN-VIEW (CN)

(220705) -- XINING, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2022 shows the view of Angsai Canyon in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Sanjiangyuan, which means the "source of three rivers," is home to the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. The area provides the lower reaches of these major rivers with more than 60 billion cubic meters of water annually. Home to Sanjiangyuan, the province of Qinghai has been dubbed "the water tower of China." The Sanjiangyuan area once witnessed large-scale ecological degradation as a result of natural changes and human activities. The headwaters of the Yellow River was once cut off and many of the grasslands that herders relied on for their livelihood became barren. Beginning in 2005, China launched a major ecological project to protect and restore the environment in Sanjiangyuan. In 2016, China started piloting the Sanjiangyuan National Park. Thanks to the protective measures, the ecologi