World Wetland Day, Hangzhou Xixi model

Zhejiang online Hangzhou February 2 (reporter Li Haili correspondent Gao) today, is the 19th "World Wetland Day", is also China's first national Wetland Park-Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park Establishment 10 anniversary. In Hangzhou Xixi Wetland, around the "Wetland: Our Future" This theme, the 2015 World Wetland Day event officially launched.

"Xixi mode" has become a global model for wetland protection

As early as February 2, 1971, the Convention on Wetlands of International importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat, was signed at the Ramsar Convention in Iran, calling on countries around the world to strengthen the protection of wetlands.

China acceded to the Convention in 1992 and became the 67th party to the Convention on Wetlands as a solemn commitment to the protection of the Earth's ecological security and participation in the process of world sustainable development.

In Hangzhou, as the country's first "National Wetland Park" (pilot) of Hangzhou Xixi Wetland, 2005 years since the opening, after 10 years of exploration and construction, the protection and use of both the "Xixi model" has become a model to emulate at home and abroad.

The former International Wetland Convention organization Secretary-General Pitt Bridgerward Xi Xi Creek, said: "Xixi wetland comprehensive protection of this HONGDA project, has provided a good experience for the construction of other wetlands around the world, but also for the 21st century global cities in the protection and use of wetlands to provide a scientific and effective model." ”

It is understood that Hangzhou Xixi wetland through 10 years of comprehensive protection engineering, wetland ecology, society. Significant increase in economic benefits.

For example, wetlands through dredging, decontamination, water distribution, biological control, and the Qiantang River diversion into the park, so that the wetland water body for a long period of time to maintain Ⅲ class above standards, than 2005 years before the opening of the three to four standards, and some regions of the individual water indicators reached the Ⅰ class and Ⅱ

Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba

The wetland day activities, Hangzhou Xixi Wetland Park Management Committee and Alibaba signed a strategic cooperation agreement, "Xixi Wetland ecological Research protection and Utilization of" project included in the Alibaba Public Welfare Foundation.

Alibaba will provide data support for the ecological research and utilization of Xixi wetland through large data platform, and build a big platform for wetland science popularization, so that more people can understand wetland and raise protection consciousness.

At the same time, we will contact the authoritative ecological organizations at home and abroad to provide support for wetland protection.

In addition, the event also hosted the sixth meeting of China National Committee on Wetland Convention and the 10-year Experience Exchange Symposium of the National Wetland Park, with more than 20 member representatives and international wetlands representatives sharing important wetland case presentations.

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Why does the world pay so much attention to wetland conservation? Take Hangzhou Xixi Wetland as an example:

Wetlands known as the "Kidney of the Earth", "climate regulator." Xixi wetland in Hangzhou to withstand 50 years of floods, 10 square kilometers of wetlands have played a huge role in flood storage, such as the October 2008 "Rosa" Typhoon, the West Creek wetland detention blocked nearly 12 million cubic meters of flooding, 2013, "The Buffett" Typhoon, also played a "water collector" role, Effectively alleviated the main urban area of waterlogging.

At the same time to ease the "greenhouse effect" and "heat island effect" effect is also very significant, can make around 15 square kilometers of the region's temperature reduced 0.5℃-1.5℃, can save water 500-800 tons per day, energy-saving 10.3 million degrees.