China Daily Global / 2021-01 / 07 / Page005
National park enriches carbon research China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-07 00:00
FUZHOU－Xu Xia can t recall the number of times he has taken the 600-kilometer route to Mount Wuyi in 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 from 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 more than 210 square kilometers and its diverse environment, Mount Wuyi, the highest peak in the southeast of the Chinese mainland, has long attracted ecologists like Xu. Dozens of monitoring and research facilities interspersed in the lush woods have also added to its appeal to ecologists.