my country's biodiversity conservation has made important progress, and 2740 nature reserves will be built together

May 22 is International Biodiversity Day, and this year is also the 60th anniversary of the development of China's nature reserves

2,740 nature reserves with a total area of ​​1.

In 1956, China established the first nature reserve-Dinghushan Nature Reserve

Up to now, a total of 2,740 nature reserves have been established nationwide, with a total area of ​​1.

The number of recorded species increased from 49,000 to nearly 87,000

At the meeting, the "List of Chinese Biological Species (2016 Edition)" jointly issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Chinese Academy of Sciences also confirmed China's achievements in biodiversity conservation

Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said frankly at the meeting that some places still suffer from blind development and over-development at the expense of the interests of protected areas, and the management of protected areas also faces embarrassment such as lack of law enforcement power

Speed ​​up the delineation of ecological protection red lines and build a strong ecological safety barrier

The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" outline clearly states that "strengthening the construction and management of nature reserves, and intensifying the protection of typical ecosystems, species, genes, and landscape diversity"

In order to achieve the goals and tasks related to the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" outline, Chen Jining stated that he will focus on the following tasks: First, improve the network of nature reserves, accelerate the completion of the "National Nature Reserve Development Plan", and comprehensively improve the management system of nature reserves Optimize the spatial layout of the reserve