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Special: Jilin’s ecology is important to wild animals

By Liao Wei
2015-03-12

Consider the following: How many wild Siberian tigers are there in China? And, what do they eat and can they survive? Also, do the Changbaishan Mountains still have wild boars? And, what good are these questions?

Well, these are just some of President Xi Jinping’s queries for delegates from Jilin province in China’s Northeast, during a discussion on environmental protection at the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing, on March 9.

Truth is, Jilin has had the ecology and environmental protection on its mind for years, and it has been a priority and now, after years of work, the province has become an ideal place for some endangered animals, and there are frequent sightings of wild panthers and the Siberian Tiger.

Special: Jilin’s ecology is important to wild animals

Photo taken on Nov 25, 2014 shows a wild Siberian tiger in Hunchun National Siberian Tiger Nature Reserve, Jilin province. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

Special: Jilin’s ecology is important to wild animals

White cranes during their stay in Momoge National Nature Reserve, Jilin province. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

And, even though the province may not have an exact count of the number of tigers, it does have some figures that reveal what it has done.

☆ Improving the environment of wild animals’ habitats
41
2.58 million
The province’s forestry authority has built a total of 41 nature reserves, covering an area of 2.58 million hectares.
☆ Cracking down on crimes of wild animal hunting
82,000
18,000
Since the province launched a campaign to ban hunting of terrestrial wildlife animals in 1996, the authorities have dealt with about 5,000 wild animal hunting-related cases. More than 82,000 hunting tools, such as traps and netting bags, as well as 18,000 hunting guns have been confiscated and demolished.
☆ Protecting forest and wetland
8
26
There are eight national key wetlands and 26 wetland parks in Jilin province.
57
2.24 million
The province’s 57 forest parks cover an area of about 2.24 million hectares.
 
Voices:
"Our province will ban logging for commercial purpose in all state-owned forest to provide a good environment for wild animals’ inhabitation and reproduction from April. We will build 3 to 5 nature reserves mainly for Siberian tigers."
— Lan Hongliang, head of Jilin Provincial Forestry Department
"In recent years, Jilin province sees more frequent show-ups of some large rare wild animals and the public awareness of wild animal protection has improved."
— Yu Changchun, an official in charge of forest protection from Jilin Forestry Department 
 
Graphics : number of some wild animals found in Jilin

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