Guangdong to hold various activities to protect wildlife

This November marks the 32nd Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month in Guangdong. The province will hold various online and offline activities to advocate for everyone to protect wild animals together this month.

Guangdong is one of the provinces with the richest biodiversity in China. According to the latest statistics, there are 1,052 species of terrestrial vertebrate wild animals and 6,658 species of embryophyte in Guangdong. 

Guangdong made a lot of efforts to protect the habitats of wild animals. Artificial breeding, wild re-training, and reintroduction of rare animals such as South China tigers, pangolins, and alligator lizards are also being carried out.

Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month is one of the most important measures to protect wildlife. In November, Guangdong will organize joint enforcement actions to crack down on illegal hunting, gathering, artificial breeding, selling, buying, and eating wild animals and plants. The province will also strengthen inspections in nature reserves, forest farms, animal habitats, and other places to prevent illegal hunting of migratory birds.

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Biodiversity Symposium held in Hengqin

On October 30, as the opening event of the Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Biodiversity Symposium was held in the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone.

Scholars from the School of Ecology of Sun Yat-sen University, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Science, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry and other scholars participated in the symposium and discussed topics such as urban bird protection, mangrove restoration, biological genes and Hengqin biodiversity. 

In the future, various activities will be carried out in parks and wetlands in the cooperation area, including wild bird tours, habitat introduction, introduction of rare animals and plants, wildlife protection and rescue.

Author | Alice

Editor| Wing, Nan, Monica, Jerry