Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve strengthens wildlife protection with no poaching occurred in the past 11 years

Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve strengthens wildlife protection with no poaching occurred in the past 11 years 

Thanks to the anti-poaching operations and the protection of the ecological environment, Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve, a world natural heritage site located in northwest China’s #Qinghai Province, has been a land of peace for the wildlife with no poaching for 11 years.

Located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Hoh Xil is an important habitat for wildlife, such as the national first-class protected animal Tibetan antelope. In the 1980s, with criminals illegally hunted across the land, the number of Tibetan antelopes dropped sharply from 200,000 to less than 20,000. After continuous effort of protection management, the population of Tibetan antelope in Hoh Xil has now recovered to more than 70,000.

Buzhou, director of Hoh Xil Management Office, said that the patrol team conducted at least 12 large-scale patrols every year, and there had been no poaching incidents reported within 45,000 square kilometers of Hoh Xil since 2009.

In 1996, Qinghai established the Hoh Xil Provincial Nature Reserve; in 1997, the State Council announced Hoh Xil as a national nature reserve; in 2017, Hoh Xil became a World Natural Heritage Site.

Today, Hoh Xil attracts more and more domestic and foreign tourists to enjoy the beauty of nature. "In the future, Hoh Xil will play a more important role in ecological education, scientific research and other fields," Buzhou said. (By Dai Xiaoyu)