The number of wild Asian elephants in Yunnan has increased to about 360 heads

The reporter learned from the Yunnan Forestry and Grassland Bureau on July 20 that according to the three rounds of simultaneous monitoring, as of the end of 2021, the number of wild Asian elephant population in Yunnan was about 360, which was more than 60 from 293 in 2018.

This is a group of shooting in Yuanjiang County, Yunnan Province on August 9, 2021. Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Chao

As the largest and most representative terrestrial vertebrate in Asia, Asian Elephant is the key protection wildlife in my country. It is mainly distributed in the three states of Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan Province. It is the flagship of the tropical forest ecosystem system. Species. In 2021, a group of Asian elephants in Yunnan, north to south, attracted much attention.

According to reports, in the past 30 years, under the decline in the total number of Asian elephants around the world, the number of wild Asian elephant populations in my country has increased to the current 360 heads, showing a trend of increasing. It is also a direct manifestation of my country's ecological environment and biological diversity.

Yang Hua, deputy director of the Dynamic and Plant Protection Division of the Lincao Bureau of Yunnan Province, introduced that through the strengthening of the protection and recovery of the Asian phenomena habitat, Yunnan Province continued to improve the quality of the habitat, while strengthening the construction of monitoring and early warning, safety prevention and emergency response system, to the greatest extent to avoid Human phenomenon conflict. In addition, Yunnan Province has also established the Asian Elephant Protection Expert Committee to coordinate the investigation and monitoring of Asian elephants and their habitats, group structure and genetic characteristics, human pitch conflict mechanism, environmental carrying capacity, habitat renovation, and food source reconstruction. Studies, related research results are at the leading level of the world.

Source: Xinhua News Agency Guangzhou Daily · Xinhua City Editor: Peng Wenqiang

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