护佑候鸟迁飞，湖南等五省（区）强强联手

A Cross-provincial (regional) Joint Campaign for Bird Migration Channel Protection was launched in Lanshan County, Hunan's Yongzhou, on October 11, 2024. Four provinces and one region participate in the campaign, namely Hunan Province, Hubei Province, Jiangxi Province, Guangdong Province, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

10月11日，湖南省、湖北省、江西省、广东省、广西壮族自治区五省（区）在湖南省永州市蓝山县启动候鸟迁飞通道跨区域联合保护行动。

Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Hunan is an important thoroughfare and also a crucial wintering site in central China for migratory birds. Hunan's Dongting Lake, China's second largest freshwater lake, is one of the best habitats and stopover sites for the wintering birds migrating along the northeast Asian migration route. Yongzhou's Lanshan, Chenzhou's Guidong, and Zhuzhou's Yanling are important areas to ensure the safety of migratory birds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway which is known as a "Millennium Bird Trail".

湖南地处长江中游，是我国中部重要的鸟类迁飞通道和越冬省份。洞庭湖是我国第二大淡水湖，也是越冬候鸟东北亚迁徙路线上的最佳栖息地和补给站。蓝山、桂东、炎陵等地是维护东亚—澳大利西亚候鸟迁飞通道安全的重要区域，被称为“千年鸟道”。

In recent years, Hunan has thoroughly implemented President Xi Jinping's thought on ecological civilization, carrying out the arrangements and requirements of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and solidly enhancing migratory bird protection. A survey that began in January recorded 381,800 waterbirds in the Dongting Lake area. The populations of nationally protected birds such as Chinese merganser, white crane, and black stork are on the rise.

近年来，湖南深入践行习近平生态文明思想，认真落实国家林草局关于候鸟保护的部署要求，扎实推进候鸟保护工作。今年1月，调查记录洞庭湖区水鸟38.18万只，中华秋沙鸭、白鹤、黑鹳等国家重点保护鸟类种群数量呈增长态势。

Yongzhou is located at the Xiangjiang River source area and in the hinterland of the Nanling Mountains. With its water environment quality ranking at the forefront nationwide, it is an important ecological functional area in the province. The whole territory of Yongzhou is covered by one of the four major bird migration channels—the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, and 14 bird migration routes pass through it. Every year, about 3.5 million migratory birds from more than 100 species make their way through Nanfeng'ao in Lanshan County, heading south for overwintering or north for breeding.

永州地处湘江源头和南岭山脉腹地，水环境质量排名全国前列，是湖南重要的生态功能区，全境位于4条通道之一的东亚—澳大利西亚候鸟迁飞通道上，境内分布有14条候鸟迁飞线路。每年有100余种约350多万只候鸟，经蓝山南风坳迁徙到南方越冬或北方繁殖。

Hunan and the other four participating provinces and region are geographically, hydrologically, and culturally connected, providing a strong foundation for cooperation in migratory bird protection. The establishment of the cross-provincial (regional) joint protection mechanism for the bird migration channels will facilitate cooperation in such aspects as migratory bird information sharing, joint law enforcement, guarding, publicity and education, technologies, habitat protection, and ecological economy, creating a model for regional cooperative protection of migratory birds in the country.

湘、赣、鄂、粤、桂地缘相接、山水相连、人文相亲，在候鸟保护等方面具有深厚的合作基础。此次跨省（区）候鸟迁飞通道跨区域联合保护机制的建立，将加强候鸟信息共享、联合执法、值守管护、宣传教育、技术合作、生境保护、生态经济等方面的合作，打造全国候鸟区域协同保护典范。