Yunnan issued local standards to better protect Asian elephants, Yunnan golden monkeys and green peacocks

Xinhua News Agency, Kunming, October 9th (Reporter Lin Bifeng) Yunnan Province continues to promote the standardization of biodiversity conservation, focusing on the three flagship species of rare and endangered wild animals, the Asian elephant, the Yunnan golden monkey, and the green peacock.
20 local standards for wildlife protection, such as "Technical Regulations", filled the gaps in the protection standards for these three species
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This is what the reporter learned from the press conference held by the Information Office of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government on the 9th
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Among them, Asian elephants are concentrated in the three prefectures of Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and Lincang in Yunnan, with a population of only about 300; Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkeys are mainly distributed in the Jinsha River, Lancang River Yunling Mountains in Yunnan Province and the high-altitude areas of Tibet.

According to reports, these 20 standards involve 3 Asian elephants, 10 Yunnan golden monkeys, and 7 green peacocks, focusing on the rescue and release, population monitoring, breeding and breeding, quarantine testing, genetic resource protection of Asian elephants, Yunnan golden monkeys, and green peacocks.

Yang Zhu said that the issuance and implementation of the 20 standards is an important basic work for improving the construction of ecological civilization, which is important for improving the level of scientific protection of wild animals, promoting the growth of wild animal populations, improving the ability of wild animals to ensure safety, and promoting the protection of biodiversity.