2016年CRI International Day for Biological Diversity Marked in China

 

According to a document released at the conference by China's Ministry¹ of Environmental Protection, the country has established over 2700 nature reserves covering a combined area of nearly 1.5 million square kilometers.

That accounts for about 15 percent of China's entire land area.

About 89 percent of all wildlife and wild plants under state protection and most of the nation's key natural remains² are preserved in nature these reserves.

Earlier this month, a female black snub-nosed monkey at the Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province gave birth for the second year in a row.

This marked a breakthrough in the reproduction cycle of the species which is among the world's most endangered primates³. Previously⁴ they gave birth once in every two years.

Zhong Tai, an official of the reserve, said it is the shortest reproduction cycle for the species at the reserve in over 2 decades.

"In over 20 years of artificial feeding at our reserve, we have never experienced this phenomenon of a female monkey giving birth in a successive year. I think it is a breakthrough in breeding black snub-nosed monkeys."

Black snub-nosed monkeys, with an estimated population of 3500 in China, are on the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Meanwhile, China has been implementing⁵ a series of ecological⁶ rehabilitation⁷ projects in the South China Sea, which is rich in biological resources and also home to over 100 kinds of coral.

Wang Yamin, a professor with the Marine⁸ Institute of the Shandong University, said China has done a lot of restoration work.

"In recent years, we have done a lot of work to protect the South China Sea and restore its coral reef ecosystem⁹. We have also conducted technical research on the biodiversity protection of marine organisms such as sea turtles, including the construction of a protection zone, enforcing bans on fishing off season and ecological restoration."

Another highlight and a crucial mission is protecting the habitat of endangered sea turtles at China's Xisha Islands.

A variety of the turtles' species has been listed as animals in China under Second-Class State Protection and included in the list of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna¹⁰ and Flora¹¹.

Zhou Jinfeng, secretary-general of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, said many institutions in China had taken actions to protect them.

"We have collaborated¹² with the Xiamen University to start working on a biodiversity database for species at the South China Sea since last year. Meanwhile, we also monitor the sea turtles in the South China Sea. After more than half a year's work, this year we will free those sea turtles this month and next month."

China is also enforcing a fishing ban in the South China Sea every year from May 16 to August 1 as a move to reduce damage to endangered species.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 primates   

primate的复数

参考例句：

• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

6 ecological   

adj.生态的，生态学的

参考例句：

• The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
• Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.

7 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

8 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

9 ecosystem   

n.生态系统

参考例句：

• This destroyed the ecosystem of the island.这样破坏了岛上的生态系统。
• We all have an interest in maintaining the integrity of the ecosystem.维持生态系统的完整是我们共同的利益。

10 fauna   

n.(一个地区或时代的)所有动物，动物区系

参考例句：

• This National Park is an area with unique fauna and flora.该国家公园区域内具有独特的动物种群和植物种群。
• Fauna is a biological notion means all the animal life in a particular region or period. 动物群是一个生物学的概念，指的是一个特定时期或者地区的所有动物。

11 flora   

n.(某一地区的)植物群

参考例句：

• The subtropical island has a remarkably rich native flora.这个亚热带岛屿有相当丰富的乡土植物种类。
• All flora need water and light.一切草木都需要水和阳光。

12 collaborated   

合作( collaborate的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
• We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。