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Qinghai Province, northwest China - Recent (CCTV- No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve
2. Przewalski's gazelles foraging on plain
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"The main purpose of the monitoring is to get the distribution of animals and plants in the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, including species distribution, growth and coverage of plants and number, species and distribution of animals."
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4. Aerial shot of waterbirds at natural reserve
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5. Various of waterbirds at natural reserve
6. Aerial shot of waterbirds on island, flying
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (partially overlaid with shot 8, ending with shot 9):
"As an indicator species of the entire wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake, waterbirds are the focus of our monitoring. We have monitored a total of 462,000 waterbirds in 2020. During the five years from 2016 to 2020, the entire population of waterbirds has shown an increasing trend with an average increase of about 50,000 per year."
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8. Various of waterbirds on wetland, water
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9. Waterbirds on wetland
10. Fast motions of plants growing
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (starting with shot 10, ending with shots 12-13):
"We monitored and recorded a total of 227 species of plants in 2020. When (we) conducted vegetation monitoring for the first time in 2007, the vegetation coverage rate of Qinghai Lake was 65 percent, which reached 76 percent in the monitoring that ended in 2020."
12. Horses on plain
13. Aerial shots of Przewalski's gazelles running on plain
14. Various of black-necked cranes foraging on wetland
China's efforts to conserve the biodiversity of the Qinghai Lake in its northwestern Qinghai Province have paid off as the number of animal and plant species in the region increased considerably last year, according to an annual report on the lake's biodiversity monitoring.
Located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Lake is China's largest inland and saltwater lake and the world's second largest saltwater lake, which is one of the 35 priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the country.
The administration of the Qinghai Lake national nature reserve continually monitored waterbirds, Przewalski's gazelles, black-necked cranes and vegetation in the Qinghai Lake area from March 2020 to February 2021.
"The main purpose of the monitoring is to get the distribution of animals and plants in the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, including species distribution, growth and coverage of plants and number, species and distribution of animals," said Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief of the administration.
The administration has conducted waterbird monitoring nine times from March last year to mid-February this year that 169 sampling points and 58 species of waterbirds have been monitored. Among them, one species and six species are under level-one and level-two protections respectively.
"As an indicator species of the entire wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake, waterbirds are the focus of our monitoring. We have monitored a total of 462,000 waterbirds in 2020. During the five years from 2016 to 2020, the entire population of waterbirds has shown an increasing trend with an average increase of about 50,000 per year," said Hou.
There are seven vegetation types monitored in the Qinghai Lake area such as temperate, temperate steppe-desert and alpine grasslands and temperate desert.
According to the monitoring results, the ecological environment for the vegetation growth is in good condition, which is conducive to the subsistence and growth of wild animals, plants and local livestock in the reserve.
"We monitored and recorded a total of 227 species of plants in 2020. When we conducted vegetation monitoring for the first time in 2007, the vegetation coverage rate of Qinghai Lake was 65 percent, which has reached 76 percent in the monitoring that ended in 2020," said Hou.
Przewalski's gazelles and black-necked cranes are under national first-class protection and the flagship species in the Qinghai Lake area.
The report shows that the population of Przewalski's gazelles was around 3,000 in 2020. The number of Przewalski's gazelles has increased about 500 to 700 per year from 2017 to 2020.
The population of black-necked cranes in Qinghai Lake exceeded 100.
China-Biodiversity/Qinghai Lake
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Qinghai Province, northwest China - Recent (CCTV- No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve
2. Przewalski's gazelles foraging on plain
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"The main purpose of the monitoring is to get the distribution of animals and plants in the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, including species distribution, growth and coverage of plants and number, species and distribution of animals."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. Aerial shot of waterbirds at natural reserve
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
5. Various of waterbirds at natural reserve
6. Aerial shot of waterbirds on island, flying
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (partially overlaid with shot 8, ending with shot 9):
"As an indicator species of the entire wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake, waterbirds are the focus of our monitoring. We have monitored a total of 462,000 waterbirds in 2020. During the five years from 2016 to 2020, the entire population of waterbirds has shown an increasing trend with an average increase of about 50,000 per year."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
8. Various of waterbirds on wetland, water
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
9. Waterbirds on wetland
10. Fast motions of plants growing
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief, Qinghai Lake national nature reserve's administration (starting with shot 10, ending with shots 12-13):
"We monitored and recorded a total of 227 species of plants in 2020. When (we) conducted vegetation monitoring for the first time in 2007, the vegetation coverage rate of Qinghai Lake was 65 percent, which reached 76 percent in the monitoring that ended in 2020."
12. Horses on plain
13. Aerial shots of Przewalski's gazelles running on plain
14. Various of black-necked cranes foraging on wetland
China's efforts to conserve the biodiversity of the Qinghai Lake in its northwestern Qinghai Province have paid off as the number of animal and plant species in the region increased considerably last year, according to an annual report on the lake's biodiversity monitoring.
Located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Lake is China's largest inland and saltwater lake and the world's second largest saltwater lake, which is one of the 35 priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the country.
The administration of the Qinghai Lake national nature reserve continually monitored waterbirds, Przewalski's gazelles, black-necked cranes and vegetation in the Qinghai Lake area from March 2020 to February 2021.
"The main purpose of the monitoring is to get the distribution of animals and plants in the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, including species distribution, growth and coverage of plants and number, species and distribution of animals," said Hou Yuansheng, publicity section chief of the administration.
The administration has conducted waterbird monitoring nine times from March last year to mid-February this year that 169 sampling points and 58 species of waterbirds have been monitored. Among them, one species and six species are under level-one and level-two protections respectively.
"As an indicator species of the entire wetland ecosystem of Qinghai Lake, waterbirds are the focus of our monitoring. We have monitored a total of 462,000 waterbirds in 2020. During the five years from 2016 to 2020, the entire population of waterbirds has shown an increasing trend with an average increase of about 50,000 per year," said Hou.
There are seven vegetation types monitored in the Qinghai Lake area such as temperate, temperate steppe-desert and alpine grasslands and temperate desert.
According to the monitoring results, the ecological environment for the vegetation growth is in good condition, which is conducive to the subsistence and growth of wild animals, plants and local livestock in the reserve.
"We monitored and recorded a total of 227 species of plants in 2020. When we conducted vegetation monitoring for the first time in 2007, the vegetation coverage rate of Qinghai Lake was 65 percent, which has reached 76 percent in the monitoring that ended in 2020," said Hou.
Przewalski's gazelles and black-necked cranes are under national first-class protection and the flagship species in the Qinghai Lake area.
The report shows that the population of Przewalski's gazelles was around 3,000 in 2020. The number of Przewalski's gazelles has increased about 500 to 700 per year from 2017 to 2020.
The population of black-necked cranes in Qinghai Lake exceeded 100.
ID : 8190298
Published : 2021-04-22 14:27
Last Modified : 2021-04-22 19:13:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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