Wild Asian elephant monitor Deng Yun: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

Wild Asian elephant monitor Deng Yun: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

Wild Asian elephant monitor Deng Yun: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature Wild Asian elephant monitor Deng Yun: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

(Biodiversity Conference) Deng Yun, a wild Asian elephant monitor: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

(Biodiversity Conference) Deng Yun, a wild Asian elephant monitor: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

China News Service, Xishuangbanna, October 7th, title: Wild Asian elephant monitor Deng Yun: Keeping a distance is a respect for nature

Author Xie Ying

A time when the National Day holiday, but China Kexue Yuan Dr.
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (hereinafter referred to as "Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden") Ecology Yun Deng kept the standby state, because he has a 24 hours a year-round job - wild Asian elephants in the long-term Monitoring
.

"I must be on standby at all times for the early warning system installed on my mobile phone.

Academy of Sciences

Deng Yun joined the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden Ecological Station in 2008 and has been engaged in meteorological, hydrological, physical element monitoring and other professional counterparts
.

In his own words, "it has nothing to do with Asian elephants

"At that time, the idea was very simple.
I saw that many of the existing foreign mature wild elephant monitoring systems were not suitable for us, and our human and material resources were unable to maintain the long-term operation of such an expensive system
.

" Deng Yun believes that a streamlined team , A few basic equipment, coupled with scientific closed-loop management, can make the monitoring system effective and sustainable operation

The vast tropical rain forest in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve is one of the areas with the largest and most concentrated populations of Asian elephants in China
.

Asian elephants are the most continental animals in existence, and their survival status is very important to the entire ecosystem

At the same time, Xishuangbanna also has a population of more than 1.
3 million, and 13 ethnic groups including Han, Dai, Hani, etc.
share this paradise
.

Deng Yun said that with the expansion of the scope of human activities, the habitat of the elephant herd will inevitably be occupied.

To this end, Yunnan Province has made many explorations to ease the conflict between humans and elephants
.

For example, it is the first to establish a public liability insurance for wild Asian elephants in the country.

"But people's life safety cannot be guaranteed by insurance.
Therefore, in the process of exploring the harmonious protection model of human images, monitoring and early warning are very important links
.

" Deng Yun said

"Harmony does not mean that all species live in the same space
.

" Talking about the understanding of "harmonious human images", Deng Yun said, "Many times, keeping distance is the respect for nature

As a layman in Asian elephant research, Deng Yun and his team started with the most basic research to figure out the approximate trajectory of elephants in the forest, calculated the intersection of their path and the trail leading to the village, and determined more than 20 monitoring points.
, Place an infrared camera
.
"Fortunately, I have never faced Asian elephants directly
.
The closest moment to them was when I went back to watch the surveillance after putting the camera on, and found that an Asian elephant was only 100 meters away from us
.
" Recalling the closest contact with a behemoth, Deng Yun has lingering fears so far
.

When asked about the results of years of hard work, Deng Yun replied indifferently, "No news is the best news
.
The number of potential human-elephant conflicts we have warned of can be counted by ten fingers, and every time we trigger ourselves in time.
The designed early warning mechanism immediately notified the village and the public security system to find someone, and used a high-pitched loudspeaker to inform the villagers in danger, which effectively resolved the crisis
.
"

"There are many similarities between Asian elephant monitoring and ecological monitoring.
Long and boring are the biggest characteristics
.
" Deng Yun said, "but it is responsible for history
.
Maybe someone will look through our monitoring data in a hundred years.
To study the living habits of Asian elephants
.
And the practical significance of what we do is to protect the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
We also hope that more people will respect wild animals and maintain a sense of borders.
This is the best protection for nature and ourselves
.
" (over)