This is a Tibetan antelope photographed in the Alkins Mountain National Nature Reserve (photo taken on March 31). Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu photo
Xinhua News Agency Urumqi, April 8 (Reporters Zhang Xiaolong and Hu Huhu) In the Xinjiang Alkins Mountain National Nature Reserve, Xu Junquan, the Plateau Ecology Research Office of the Reserve Administration, was surprised to find that Tibetan antelope can be photographed with a 100mm lens.
"Three years ago, once a Tibetan antelope found a vehicle, it would run desperately, even if the vehicle had stopped." For work needs, Xu Junquan often carried a camera to patrol and survey the reserve.
This is a snow-capped mountain located in the Alvin Mountain National Nature Reserve (photo taken on March 30). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu
Alkin Mountain Reserve is hidden deep in the Kumukuri Plateau Basin between the East Kunlun Mountains and the Alkin Mountains, retaining a plateau ecosystem close to the original state. Tibetan antelope, wild yak , and Tibetan wild donkey are the three most important ungulate protected animals in the reserve. There are 51 rare and endangered animals in the entire reserve, including 10 national first-class protected animals and 28 national second-class protected animals .
Since its establishment in 1983, the Alkins Mountain Reserve has faced many challenges.
"Illegal gold mining, illegal poaching, mining development and illegal crossing pose a serious threat to the ecology of the protected area." Zhang Xiang, deputy director of the Alkins Mountain Reserve Administration, introduced that by the end of the 1990s, the total number of Tibetan antelope, wild yaks, and Tibetan wild donkeys was less than 65,000.
wild yaks forage in the Alkins Mountain National Nature Reserve (photo taken on March 30). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu
In 2015, the Alkins Mountain Reserve, in conjunction with the four major protected areas of the New Qinghai-Tibet provinces and Tibet, strictly prohibited illegal crossing activities; in 2017, the Alkins Mountain Reserve implemented closed management to maximize the protection of the fragile ecological environment and wild animals on the plateau without interference; in 2018, in accordance with the requirements of "closing all, demolishing immediately, and completing ecological restoration as soon as possible", all nine mining enterprises in the Alkins Mountain Reserve completed ecological restoration and management.
As of now, no tourism development and construction have been implemented in the Alvin Mountain Reserve.
Tibetan wild donkeys running in the Alkins Mountain National Nature Reserve (photo taken on March 31). Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu photographed
"Animals are not as afraid of people as before, and their alert distance is getting shorter and shorter." Xu Junquan explained, "Otherwise, even if you bring a 400 or 600 mm ultra-telephoto 'cannon barrel', it will be difficult for you to take a photo."
Zhang Xiang introduced that combined with the recent comprehensive scientific expedition statistics, the total number of wild yaks, Tibetan wild donkeys and Tibetan antelope in the reserve is currently stable at about 100,000, and has returned to the data from the early days of the establishment of the reserve in the 1980s.
