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Several tigers walk in a reserve in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on March 22, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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China will set up two more national reserves for Siberian tigers in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces to protect the endangered species, said an official from the Feline Research Center of the State Forestry Administration on Thursday. The two reserves will be in Wangqing in Jilin, and Laoyeling in Heilongjiang, said Jiang Guangshun, deputy head of the center. Siberian tigers mainly inhabit northeastern China, Russia's Far East region, and the Korean Peninsula. Currently, the number of wild Siberian tigers in the world is estimated at around 500. China established its first national reserve for Siberian tigers in 2001 in Hunchun, Jilin province, which borders Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Jiang Jinsong, an official from Jilin provincial forestry department, said the province's efforts to protect the big cats had paid off. The number of Siberian tigers living in northeastern China has risen to around 20, from just five in the 1990s. Both of the officials were attending an annual meeting on the protection of wild Siberian tigers being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok. Yuri Darman, director of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Amur Branch, praised China for its contribution to the protection of Siberian tigers. "We hope to deepen our cooperation in this field," he said. However, experts said the work to protect the big cats remains difficult due to a shortage of capital, technology and professionals at the grassroots level. Jiang Guangshun said he hoped that the central government would establish an office at the national level to supervise protection work across the country. Moreover, he said that Heilongjiang will sign an agreement with Russia's Primorsky Krai on wild Amur leopard protection this year. "Our cooperation will expand from protection of Siberian tigers to Amur leopards," he said. The Amur leopard, living in northeastern China and Russia's Far East region, is a subspecies of the Panthera genus. The WWF said there are only around 50 in the wild, making it one of the most endangered species in the world.
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4月4日，記者從正在俄羅斯海參崴舉行的“中俄野生東北虎保護年會”上獲悉，吉林汪清和黑龍江老爺嶺國家級野生東北虎保護區(qū)即將獲批，這將是中國第二批該類保護區(qū)，標志著中國野生東北虎保護區(qū)已經從中俄邊境地區(qū)向更廣闊的中國內陸發(fā)展，保護工作穩(wěn)步推進。 東北虎是現(xiàn)存體重最大的貓科動物，主要分布于中國東北部、俄羅斯西伯利亞地區(qū)和朝鮮半島。目前，野生東北虎全世界僅有500只左右。 2001年，中國在吉林琿春成立首個國家級野生東北虎保護區(qū)，標志對這種大型瀕危貓科動物保護工作正式啟動。 吉林省林業(yè)廳野保處處長蔣勁松介紹，該省近年采取多種保護措施，并協(xié)調國內外力量共同參與保護工作，并取得成效。野生動物專家相信目前有20多只老虎在中國境內生活。而在上世紀九十年代，僅有5至7只。 “中國近年來做了巨大努力保護野生東北虎，卓有成效。希望能繼續(xù)加強與中國合作，” 曾參與琿春保護區(qū)成立工作的世界自然基金會俄羅斯遠東辦主任Yuri Darman說。 但是，業(yè)內人士透露，目前保護工作主要由當?shù)乜h級林業(yè)局開展，資金、技術、人才都有限，工作舉步維艱。 因此，國家林業(yè)局貓科動物研究中心常務副主任姜廣順呼吁，應參考大熊貓保護經驗，盡快成立國家級的老虎保護辦公室，統(tǒng)籌全國工作。 同時，姜廣順透露，黑龍江省將在今年和俄羅斯濱海邊疆區(qū)簽訂野生遠東豹保護協(xié)議?！按饲拔覀冮_展了野生東北虎保護工作，現(xiàn)在進展到遠東豹保護，工作領域不斷擴大，合作的廣度與深度不斷提高?！?/p> 遠東豹也是瀕危貓科動物，目前全世界僅有不到50只，比野生東北虎的數(shù)量更少，更為珍貴。 根據(jù)俄濱海邊疆區(qū)豹之地保護區(qū)官員介紹，他們今年年初已經開展了豹調查，希望與中國聯(lián)合調查豹在中國的分布情況。 （本文為編譯，原文刊登于4月5日《中國日報》，記者 吳勇）
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