Wildlife reserves launch effort to curtail threats

Four national-level nature reserves have launched their annual campaign against poaching, illegal tree cutting and other banned activities in an ongoing effort to protect natural resources and biodiversity.

The joint action includes reserves at Sanjiangyuan and Hoh Xil in Qinghai province, the Altun Mountain in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and Chang Tang in the Tibet autonomous region.

"Every summer we receive frequent reports of illegal hunting, deforestation and trespassing, which pose a great threat to rare animals and plants," said Kong Linzhi, head of forestry public security for Sanjiangyuan National Park, which includes the Sanjiangyuan and Hoh Xil reserves.