Karen
China Tibet Online
January 8, 2015
The newest assessment report regarding the plateau environment in Tibet was released on Jan. 4th, showing that the ecosystem is moving in a positive direction, Xinhua reported.
“We made the judgement based on two things. First, the local government and Central Government have paid close attention to environmental protection in the Tibetan region. This shows that humans are actively responding to climate change. Also, we simulated the ecosystem in the region for the next hundred years based on what we know about past patterns and current natural and human activities. It also shows a positive curve,” Yao Tandong, director of Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, said.
The environment report comprehensively evaluates the changes that have been occurring on the plateau over the past 2,000 years, and forecasts likely changes for the next 100 years.
For the past few years, China has invested almost 10 million yuan annually in the protection and construction of Tibet’s ecosystem.
A total of 47 nature reserves at various levels have been established in Tibet, including nine national-level ones, 14 at the autonomous region level and 24 at the prefecture or county level.
All the region’s 125 types of wild animals and 1,200 endemic plants that are under state protection are well preserved.
At present, the Tibetan Plateau is the third cleanest area in the world in terms of its environment, after the South and North poles.
