SE China national park boosts ecological research
(Xinhua) 10:43, December 30, 2020
FUZHOU, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Xu Xia can't recall the number of times he has taken the 600-km route to Mount Wuyi in southeast China's Fujian Province during the past 14 years.
"Mount Wuyi has a comprehensive forest ecosystem representative of the mid-subtropical zone. It boasts diverse groups of plants due to its varying altitudes," said the 38-year-old ecologist with the Nanjing Forestry University, shedding light on the carbon cycling research that he has been doing since he was 24.
With a primary forest area covering 210.7 square kilometers, Mount Wuyi, the highest peak in the southeast of the Chinese mainland, has long attracted ecologists like Xu with its diverse ecology. Meanwhile, dozens of monitoring and research facilities interspersed in the lush woods have added to its appeal.