China Calls for Wild Tiger Conservation

　　An international tiger conservation workshop is underway in Yunnan's capital, Kunming.

 

　　Topics for discussion include the protection of wild tigers and combating the illegal trade in animal products.

 

　　Shi Kun is the director of the wildlife institute at Beijing Forestry¹ University.

 

　　"Indo-Chinese tiger is still distributed in the area. During the last three decades we found some records in the border area inside China in south and southwest of Yunnan province and on the border area with Laos and Myanmar, so we just ran the preliminary survey in the Xishuangbanna nature reserve, which is a hot spot of Indo-Chinese tiger distribution in the area. "

 

　　China is home to 4 subspecies of wild tigers which are on the verge² of extinction³.

 

　　Over 30 nature reserves and more than 70 conservation stations have been set up to try to exclusively protect wild tigers in China.

 

　　Authorities say this has proven effective in reducing poaching.

 

　　Still, Yin Hong, deputy head of China's State Forestry Administration, says more needs to be done.

 

　　"I want to call on the international community to pay a close attention on the differences in economic strength, regulation capabilities⁴ and the effectiveness of law enforcement between different countries. We should provide more help to poor regions in order to improve protection of wild tigers and combat illegal trade of animal products."

 

　　The 3-day session in Kunming has attracted more than 130 participants from a dozen countries and international organizations.

1 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

2 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

3 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

4 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓