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China issues white paper on ecological progress on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
By:Xinhua
update:July 18,2018
 
It is about 2.6 million square km in area and most of it lies at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level.
 
Hailed as the "roof of the world," the "third pole" and the "water tower of Asia," the Plateau is a natural habitat for rare animals and a gene pool of plateau life.
 
ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION
 
China is improving its ecology-related policies and regulations for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to form an increasingly complete system for ensuring ecological progress, according to the white paper.
 
A system of protected natural areas has been set up in the region, it said.
 
As an important step taken by the state to protect the environment, an ecological compensation mechanism has been put in place for the Plateau.
 
From 2008 to 2017, the central government made transfer payments of 16.29 billion yuan (2.44 billion U.S. dollars) and 8.35 billion yuan to the key ecological function zones in Qinghai and Tibet, respectively, covering 77 key counties and all areas prohibited to development by the state.
 
A number of eco-projects have been implemented on the Plateau, achieving positive results in ecosystem conservation, bringing under control the degradation of the local ecosystem and restoring the biodiversity, said the white paper.
 
The restoration and expansion of rare and endangered species is obvious evidence of success in biodiversity conservation, it added.
 
The number of Tibetan antelope on the Qiangtang Plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region increased from about 60,000 in 2000 to over 200,000 in 2016. And the number of wild yak in this area increased from 6,000 before it was included for protection to 10,000 in 2016.
 
The central and local governments have carried out a number of environmental protection projects for comprehensive improvement of river basins, improvement of urban and rural living conditions, and prevention and control of pollution from factories and mines, according to the white paper.
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