A flock of birds flying above the Lhalu Wetland, Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)The Lhasa City Environment Protection Bureau and EU-China Biodiversity Programme have jointly lunched a survey of 19 wetland reserves and two nature reserves in the seven counties of Lhasa, capital of Tibet.
The survey aims to choose one or two conservations from among the wetlands and solicit opinions and advice on environmental protection from people living in the reserves and their neighborhoods.
Photo taken on Dec. 21, 2008 shows black-necked cranes in a nature reserve in the Lhasa River Valley in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)After the survey, the Ricuo Wetland in Ricuo Village, Nyemo County, Lhasa, was set to be established as a conservation zone.
The Environment Protection Bureau will invite experts to study and analyze the existing problems relative to and the potential threats to the wetland, and will coordinate,via compensation, local residents' daily management of the wetland.
Source: Xinhua
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