From June, 5438 to February, 2008, the first China Border Wildlife Protector Award finally selected 25 winners. In addition to receiving material rewards such as relevant law enforcement equipment, the winners also participated in the wildlife protection law enforcement training organized by WCS in Xinjiang, and went to Cambodia, Thailand and Laos to study the advanced local wildlife protection law enforcement experience.
On June 5438+ 10, 2009, WCS launched the second China Border Wildlife Conservation Award, and finally selected five outstanding conservation awards, five outstanding conservation awards and 15 outstanding conservation awards winners. 201065438+1October 25th, the second "Guardian Award" ceremony was praised by the British newspaper The Guardian as "Olsoka Wildlife Conservation Award Ceremony".
On June 24th, 2009, 165438+27, 20 10, 65438+25, Sohu.com WCS held three public welfare interviews, calling on the public to refuse to consume wildlife products and support wildlife law enforcement and protection in border areas. Famous actor, famous director Feng and famous program host Gong Ning participated in the interview as special guests.
During the second Guardian Award, the famous director Feng and the famous program host Gong Ning were invited as ambassadors for wildlife protection, and jointly appealed to the public to pay attention to wildlife protection in China. Qiangtang Biodiversity Conservation Project in Tibet (2007-20 10) Qiangtang area in the southwest of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is one of the most unique landscapes in the world, with rich and unique wildlife resources. However, the growing population and livestock in this area have led to the use of unused areas for human beings. The herdsmen's original tents were replaced by houses, and the horses were replaced by motorcycles. These changes have led to the escalating conflict between human beings and wildlife in Qiangtang area, including the killing of livestock, the competition for grassland and the dislocation of wildlife habitat. The overlapping activity areas of domestic animals and wild animals also lead to the spread of diseases between them. Moreover, the newly-built Qinghai-Tibet Railway directly connects Lhasa and Beijing, which accelerates the development of Qiangtang area, and the fragile ecosystem in this area is facing increasing environmental pressure.
The project will formulate and strengthen the implementation of relevant plans and policies through cooperation between government departments. In particular, the project will promote the formulation of a comprehensive landscape protection management plan for the project area, which will be incorporated into the existing policies and development plans of key economic sectors. In this way, the project will support the collection of information needed by the plan and help establish the necessary monitoring mechanism to track the protection effect. The project will cooperate with local herders to improve their understanding of more protection information and help them carry out sustainable production activities.
At present, the changes in the work and production habits of the government and herders on the environment will be included in this management plan and supported by training programs. Training, Education and Publicity-Chinese Medicine and Endangered Wild Animals Protection Project Chinese medicine is an important part of Chinese national heritage, which has played a very important and irreplaceable role in preventing and treating diseases and improving people's health for thousands of years. Animal traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of Chinese medicine with a long history. However, in recent ten years, there has been a contradiction between the demand of traditional Chinese medicine for animal medicine and the protection of endangered animals. Take the tiger as an example. Although the trading of tiger products is explicitly prohibited, there are still criminals involved in the trading of tiger products. At the same time, many people still believe in the efficacy of tiger products, so the relationship between supply and demand still exists. Traditional Chinese medicine has played an important role in the public consumption of animal drugs. WCS always pays attention to the contact and cooperation with the Chinese medicine industry, and takes experts and relevant authorities in the Chinese medicine industry and students in Chinese medicine colleges as the main targets of publicity and education.
With the support of ACCP project, WCS has held 15 seminar on "Traditional Chinese Medicine and Protection of Endangered Wild Animals and Plants" from 1997, covering Shanghai, Yunnan, Sichuan, Qiong, Hubei, Guangxi, Jiangsu and other places. The seminar invited famous experts in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, editors-in-chief of traditional Chinese medicine magazines, officials from forestry bureau and relevant authorities to participate. At these seminars, the project personnel introduced the current situation of endangered animals and plants in detail. The seminar provided an exchange platform for Chinese medicine, endangered wildlife scientists and major government officials. I hope that through this series of seminars, I can reach an understanding with Chinese medicine practitioners and solve the contradiction between protection and utilization. During this period, WCS compiled two books, Conservation of Endangered Wild Medicinal Plants and Animals in China and Conservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Endangered Wild Plants and Animals, based on the speeches of the seminar and the contributions of experts.
At the same time, WCS actively participated in the seminars related to endangered medicinal animals, and actively initiated the convening of relevant seminars, such as the 4th Symposium on Animal Medicine held in the Second Military Medical University in September, 1999, followed by the 4th National Pharmacognosy Seminar, the 5th Symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Protection of Endangered Medicinal Animals, and so on. Through this series of meetings, wildlife protection has become a kind of knowledge in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. The purpose of all these seminars is the same: to call on Chinese medicine practitioners to make their own contribution to the protection of endangered wild animals with us.
In order to cover more Chinese medicine people, WCS also tries to focus on general doctors. 1999, WCS published a public service advertisement with the theme of "Please don't use endangered wild animals as medicine" in Pharmaceutical Practice. The 6 th issue of the magazine "The Future is in Your Hands" was also sent to Chinese medicine doctors. At the same time, in the seminar held in Changchun in August 2003, WCS also invited some general practitioners to actively participate in the discussion.
College students of traditional Chinese medicine will become formal practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine in the future, and their attitudes will have a direct impact on consumers. The project also carried out corresponding educational activities for these future practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, with students' independent participation as the main form. For example, in June 2000, WCS organized a seminar in Shanghai with the theme "What are the advantages and disadvantages of using endangered species as medicine?" It has received positive responses from medical and non-medical college students. Subsequently, Hefei, Changchun, Guilin and other places organized debates and other forms of activities, and there were signing ceremonies to save wild animals. At the same time, WCS also supports students' practical activities, and has successively supported students of Sichuan-Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to carry out wildlife investigation and protection publicity activities. Through these activities, students generally have a deeper understanding of the importance of wildlife protection.
WCS plans to continue to carry out publicity and education activities in this field and is currently applying for funds from CEPF.