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A few days ago, the Zoige Wetland Ecological Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as "Zoige Station") was fully put into use in Hongyuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. A reporter from Chengdu Daily Jinguan News and Dr. Qin Yu from the Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences walked into the Ruoergai wetland in western Sichuan to do scientific research on the plateau.
According to reports, Ruoergai is located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is the main concentrated distribution area of the alpine wetlands in the mainland and an important part of the ecological security barrier in the western part of the mainland. "The Zoige wetland is the world's largest and best-preserved plateau peat wetland, which is not only rich in water resources, but also a habitat for the black-necked crane, an endemic bird of the Tibetan Plateau, and a large amount of peat resources, with a carbon density three to six times higher than the global soil average." Zhu Dan, deputy director of Zoige Station, told reporters that Zoige wetland plays an important role in regulating hydrology, biodiversity conservation, and mitigating climate change.
With the goal of alpine wetland protection and restoration, since 2017, Ruoergai Station has been laid out as "one station and three points", with more than 450 acres of land for scientific research work, and the park covers an area of 30 acres, with a comprehensive building of 3,500 square meters, and is equipped with complete field test sample plots and auxiliary facilities. The variety of vehicles ensures the smooth progress of long-distance field surveys and sample collection. The field observation facilities are complete, which provides a solid foundation for high-precision data monitoring.
After the new station is completed and put into use, what benefits will it bring to the Chengdu scientific research team? In terms of scientific research, the station is equipped with a variety of transportation tools and field observation facilities, which will further improve the accuracy of data detection and the efficiency of scientific research. "In the past, when we were doing analysis and testing, we needed to take samples and then send them to Chengdu for operation." Gao Yongheng, director of Ruoergai station, said that after the new station is put into use, these problems will not exist, and will support scientific researchers to better carry out monitoring, research and demonstration work on the protection and sustainable use of alpine wetland ecosystems.
Chengdu Daily Jinguan News Reporter Huang Xuesong Photography Tang Jianjun Editor-in-charge Luo Hao Editor Wang Zhongjingyue