April 10, "Nanjing Yangtze River Shoreline Protection Measures" formally came into force. The Measures divide the Yangtze River shoreline in Nanjing into a protection zone, a reservation zone, a control and utilization zone and a development and utilization zone, and strictly implement zoning protection in accordance with the requirements of the overall planning for the protection and development and utilization of the Yangtze River shoreline.

"The city's Yangtze River channel is about 97 kilometers long, and the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River is also the most concentrated excellent harbor area and important water source according to the river and the sea. Before the requirements of the Yangtze River protection, the relevant districts, streets and towns up to the community (village), in order to develop the local economy, not in accordance with the requirements of the shoreline planning, excessive development and utilization of shoreline resources, resulting in the development of the shoreline is not standardized, the development of the order of the phenomenon of chaos is more prominent, is not conducive to the sustainable use of the Yangtze River shoreline." Shao Kai, director of the Nanjing Municipal Water Affairs Bureau of policies and regulations, told reporters that the "approach" to strengthen the protection of the Yangtze River shoreline as the main theme of the problems arising from the prevention of excessive development of the shoreline has put forward targeted provisions that are conducive to correcting and guarding against endangering the protection of the shoreline behavior.

Yu Zhonghua, director of the Planning and Policy Center of the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Protection Science, introduced that the ecosystem function of the Yangtze River shoreline has been degraded, the discharge of pollutants into the river is large, and the water environment quality compliance rate is low. Especially with the expansion of industrial development and the scale of urban construction, the Yangtze River beach wetlands and river and lake wetlands are facing the threat of further encroachment. These reasons have led to a reduction in the area of natural wetlands along the Yangtze River, a weakening of ecological service functions, a shrinking of the distribution area of wildlife habitats, destruction and interference in the spawning and breeding grounds of rare, endemic and economic fish and suitable habitats, and an invasion of ecosystems by exotic and harmful species.

In order to implement the principle of "protection-oriented, development and strict control", the Measures for the Nanjing Yangtze River Dolphin Provincial Nature Reserve in the core area of the shoreline, the Yangtze River Dashengguan longnose sturgeon in the core area of the National Aquatic Germplasm Resource Conservation Zone, the Yangtze River Xinjizhou National Wetland Park and other important wetlands along the river, the shoreline, the corresponding prohibitions, restrictions, and behavioral restrictions. The corresponding prohibitions and restrictions are clearly defined. At the same time, Nanjing should strengthen the protection of rare and endangered wildlife and plants, establish wetland nature reserves, wetland parks, wetland protection districts, and protect the wetlands within the Yangtze River shoreline in accordance with the law.

Shao Kai introduced, to protect biodiversity, an important work is in accordance with the Measures of the Yangtze River shoreline divided into four functional areas and their scope, in strict accordance with the positioning of each functional area, so that each functional area can meet the requirements of their respective functions.

Yu Zhonghua told reporters that in carrying out in situ protection of biodiversity, the focus will be on the protection of the Yangtze River wetlands Aurora crows, Oriental white storks, the Yangtze River Dashengguan long-nosed copperheads, Yangtze River dolphins and other rare and endangered species and their habitat, and the establishment of a provincial nature reserve in the Yangtze River Xinglongzhou - Wuyuzhou riverside wetlands and other areas, and actively promote the Xinji Zhou Yangtze River dolphin protection center construction, and at the same time, implement the breeding and releasing of economic species and rare and endangered species, releasing no less than 30 million tails of indigenous fish and rare species of the Yangtze River each year. "Strengthening the protection of water sources along the river, salvaging and protecting the Yangtze River wetlands, strengthening the construction of the ecological network along the river, and implementing the rigid control of the ecological red line along the river and other ecological protection and restoration work along the river will be one of the key environmental protection tasks after the introduction of the Measures."

Focus on implementation.

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