100,000 key protected wild plants die in Yunnan
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Last Update: 2013-06-06
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Reporter Zheng Beiying learned from the State Forestry Administration today that in recent four years, Yunnan Province has suffered from continuous drought, causing heavy forestry losses The affected area of forest land is 92.5 million mu, with a direct economic loss of 17.4 billion yuan At the same time, the drought has also resulted in the withering of some national key protected wild plants such as cycas, Taxus, Davidia involucrata, etc., with a total death of about 100000 plants (including fire damage), involving 23 species Drought has a great impact on Yunnan's forestry Now it is in the high risk period of forest fire, and the biodiversity has also been damaged and affected.
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