Several tigers walk in a reserve in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on March 22, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] |
China will set up two more national reserves for Siberian tigers in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces to protect the endangered species, said an official from the Feline Research Center of the State Forestry Administration on Thursday. The two reserves will be in Wangqing in Jilin, and Laoyeling in Heilongjiang, said Jiang Guangshun, deputy head of the center. Siberian tigers mainly inhabit northeastern China, Russia's Far East region, and the Korean Peninsula. Currently, the number of wild Siberian tigers in the world is estimated at around 500. China established its first national reserve for Siberian tigers in 2001 in Hunchun, Jilin province, which borders Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Jiang Jinsong, an official from Jilin provincial forestry department, said the province's efforts to protect the big cats had paid off. The number of Siberian tigers living in northeastern China has risen to around 20, from just five in the 1990s. Both of the officials were attending an annual meeting on the protection of wild Siberian tigers being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok. Yuri Darman, director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Amur Branch, praised China for its contribution to the protection of Siberian tigers. "We hope to deepen our cooperation in this field," he said. However, experts said the work to protect the big cats remains difficult due to a shortage of capital, technology and professionals at the grassroots level. Jiang Guangshun said he hoped that the central government would establish an office at the national level to supervise protection work across the country. Moreover, he said that Heilongjiang will sign an agreement with Russia's Primorsky Krai on wild Amur leopard protection this year. "Our cooperation will expand from protection of Siberian tigers to Amur leopards," he said. The Amur leopard, living in northeastern China and Russia's Far East region, is a subspecies of the Panthera genus. The WWF said there are only around 50 in the wild, making it one of the most endangered species in the world.
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4月4日,記者從正在俄羅斯海參崴舉行的“中俄野生東北虎保護(hù)年會(huì)”上獲悉,吉林汪清和黑龍江老爺嶺國(guó)家級(jí)野生東北虎保護(hù)區(qū)即將獲批,這將是中國(guó)第二批該類保護(hù)區(qū),標(biāo)志著中國(guó)野生東北虎保護(hù)區(qū)已經(jīng)從中俄邊境地區(qū)向更廣闊的中國(guó)內(nèi)陸發(fā)展,保護(hù)工作穩(wěn)步推進(jìn)。 東北虎是現(xiàn)存體重最大的貓科動(dòng)物,主要分布于中國(guó)東北部、俄羅斯西伯利亞地區(qū)和朝鮮半島。目前,野生東北虎全世界僅有500只左右。 2001年,中國(guó)在吉林琿春成立首個(gè)國(guó)家級(jí)野生東北虎保護(hù)區(qū),標(biāo)志對(duì)這種大型瀕危貓科動(dòng)物保護(hù)工作正式啟動(dòng)。 吉林省林業(yè)廳野保處處長(zhǎng)蔣勁松介紹,該省近年采取多種保護(hù)措施,并協(xié)調(diào)國(guó)內(nèi)外力量共同參與保護(hù)工作,并取得成效。野生動(dòng)物專家相信目前有20多只老虎在中國(guó)境內(nèi)生活。而在上世紀(jì)九十年代,僅有5至7只。 “中國(guó)近年來(lái)做了巨大努力保護(hù)野生東北虎,卓有成效。希望能繼續(xù)加強(qiáng)與中國(guó)合作,” 曾參與琿春保護(hù)區(qū)成立工作的世界自然基金會(huì)俄羅斯遠(yuǎn)東辦主任Yuri Darman說(shuō)。 但是,業(yè)內(nèi)人士透露,目前保護(hù)工作主要由當(dāng)?shù)乜h級(jí)林業(yè)局開(kāi)展,資金、技術(shù)、人才都有限,工作舉步維艱。 因此,國(guó)家林業(yè)局貓科動(dòng)物研究中心常務(wù)副主任姜廣順呼吁,應(yīng)參考大熊貓保護(hù)經(jīng)驗(yàn),盡快成立國(guó)家級(jí)的老虎保護(hù)辦公室,統(tǒng)籌全國(guó)工作。 同時(shí),姜廣順透露,黑龍江省將在今年和俄羅斯濱海邊疆區(qū)簽訂野生遠(yuǎn)東豹保護(hù)協(xié)議。“此前我們開(kāi)展了野生東北虎保護(hù)工作,現(xiàn)在進(jìn)展到遠(yuǎn)東豹保護(hù),工作領(lǐng)域不斷擴(kuò)大,合作的廣度與深度不斷提高?!?/p> 遠(yuǎn)東豹也是瀕危貓科動(dòng)物,目前全世界僅有不到50只,比野生東北虎的數(shù)量更少,更為珍貴。 根據(jù)俄濱海邊疆區(qū)豹之地保護(hù)區(qū)官員介紹,他們今年年初已經(jīng)開(kāi)展了豹調(diào)查,希望與中國(guó)聯(lián)合調(diào)查豹在中國(guó)的分布情況。 (本文為編譯,原文刊登于4月5日《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》,記者 吳勇)
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