April 13 Zoige Wetland Board was informed that since the to Ruoergai Flower Lake wetland ecological restoration of the pilot project started construction since the Flower Lake lake level over the past 45 cm new lake area expanded from 215 hectares to 650 hectares.
Zoige Wetland is the world's largest highland peat wetlands, but for various reasons, wetlands and severely degraded. Ruoergai County in strong support of national, provincial, state, prepared to complete "Ruoergai Wetland Restoration Program is proposed to carry out the Flower Lake wetland restoration as a pilot to integrate the ecological restoration of wetlands and herders to settle in action and pasture and other projects with the development of modern animal husbandry, and wetland eco-tourism, and properly handle the use of the relationship of ecological and environmental protection of wetlands and grassland sciences, out of a protection in the use of protected wetlands in the development of eco-protection mode.
In October 2010, a total investment of 10 million yuan Ruoergai Flower Lake wetland restoration in the project under construction, impoundment completed in May 2011. As of April 2012, the lake level over the past 45 cm new lake area expanded from 215 hectares to 650 hectares, the recovery of lakes in the surrounding semi-swamp and dry swamp 13382 acres (perennial catchment), an increase of birds in this habitat times, ecological restoration effect is obvious. Source: Sichuan Daily
