This year, in accordance with the unified deployment of the Jilin Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Hunchun City launched the Chinese merganser protection project for the first time, hoping to protect and restore the wild population of Chinese merganser in Hunchun through practical actions.
Since March this year, while the Wildlife Protection Patrol Team of the Hunchun Forestry Bureau has carried out regular monitoring and patrol work, it has conducted continuous investigation and recording of the number and spatial distribution of Chinese merganser populations by laying infrared cameras.
and carried out comprehensive ecological environment improvement of the Hunchun River basin, timely investigate and punish illegal sand mining, poaching and other behaviors, and improve the habitat and breeding environment of Chinese merganser.
Patrolman of the Wildlife Protection Department of Hunchun Forestry Bureau Liu Guoqing:
Chinese merganser is known as "living fossils among birds" and is also a kind of duck unique to China. This year, our first monitoring was on March 25. During the observation process, the largest number of Chinese mergansers was monitored at mid-April.
Chinese merganser is an endangered species. According to incomplete statistics, its global number is no more than 3,000. It is a national first-class key protected wild animal. It has been included in the " World Union for Conservation of Nature " Red List of Endangered Species.
As an important habitat breeding ground and a stop-feeding place for Chinese merganser, Hunchun City has played a positive role in the growth of Chinese merganser population through various measures such as improving the habitat environment and strengthening monitoring and protection.
The patrolman of the Wildlife Protection Department of Hunchun Forestry Bureau Liu Guoqing:
023 Chinese merganser project will continue to be carried out, including that we will lay some artificial Chinese merganser nests based on the corresponding points observed in 2022, hoping to be helpful to the protection of Chinese merganser.
