NE China Province Diverts Water to Protect Wetlands

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NE China Province Diverts Water to Protect Wetlands

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Jilin Province in northeast China has begun a water diversion plan to protect its large area of wetlands in five nature reserves, which are home to state-protected red-crowned cranes, according to the local water resources bureau.

The arid climate in western Jilin over the last few years has caused most of the lakes in the reserves to dry up. Gradually-deteriorated natural conditions have decreased the area of the wetlands, which are inhabited by thousands of rare birds and large areas of wild plant resources.

The provincial water resources bureau has invested 17 million yuan (about 2.04 US dollars) in a number of water diversion projects, said Zhang Shengshi, an engineer with the bureau.

As a result, the state-protected Momoge Nature Reserve, which possesses 30 percent of the province's wetlands, has been suppliedwith about 10 million cubic meters of water, with another five million expected to be added by the end of the year.

The province also mapped out a plan to draw water from the Tao'er and Huolin rivers to the Xianghai Nature Reserve, and from the Songhua and Nenjiang rivers to another three nature reserves.

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