comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - Yunnan green environment development foundation - Page 1 : comparemela.com

China and Laos team up to boost wildlife protection

Keeping tabs: A mobile app alerting villagers of elephant activities in the border areas of China and Laos. China Daily/ANN CROSS-BORDER cooperation between the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and northern Laos has helped create a solid ecological corridor for habitation by Asian elephants and other wildlife. The Asian elephant is one of the most important species being protected along the border as it was hunted and killed as part of the illegal ivory trade in the past, posing a serious threat to its survival. The Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve administration, the Yunnan Green Environment Development Foundation and the agriculture and forestry department of Laos’ Phongsaly province launched a pilot project in 2019 to beef up protection efforts for Asian elephants and raise public awareness about the animal.

China, Laos unite to boost wildlife protection

China, Laos unite to boost wildlife protection By ZHANG YANGFEI and LI YINGQING in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-28 09:11 Share CLOSE Forest ranger Wang Lifan (right) patrols the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Yunnan province with a colleague earlier this month. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Cross-border cooperation between the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and northern Laos has helped create a solid ecological corridor for habitation by Asian elephants and other wildlife. The Asian elephant is one of the most important species being protected along the border as it was hunted and killed as part of the illegal ivory trade in the past, posing a serious threat to its survival.

© 2024 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.