CHANGCHUN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) — Researchers from the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park and the Land of Leopard National Park Russia Administration gathered on Friday in a core area of the shared border conservation zone for a study and exchange event.
The event for cross-border protection of Siberian tigers and Amur leopards took place in Hunchun City in northeast China‘s Jilin Province, home to a core area of the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park that shelters protected wildlife including Siberian tigers, leopards, sika deer and red-crowned cranes.
Covering a total area of 1.4 million hectares, the park established in October 2021 spans across mountainous areas in China’s Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces and borders Russia’s Primorsky Krai, with a 280-kilometer frontier between the two countries.
China and Russia have been committed to building cross-border wildlife corridors through the development of national parks, aiming to boost animal populations and reduce the risk of inbreeding.
The event attendees shared the latest research results and exchanged experiences in cross-border conservation of Siberian tigers and leopards.
Jishi Media Co., Ltd. has been tasked with developing an intelligent monitoring system for the national park.
“We have built 95 wireless communication base stations across the park to ensure signal coverage and deployed more than 28,000 infrared cameras,” said Zhong Chengjun, a senior engineer of the company.
Cameras have frequently captured images of wildlife such as Siberian tigers, leopards and sika deer.
Zhong said the smart system can accurately monitor and identify individual tigers and leopards, allowing researchers to track their movement patterns.
Victor Bardyuk, director of the Land of the Leopard National Park Russia Administration, said that since the Russian national park was established in 2012, it has served the goal of saving the last surviving Amur leopard population in the world, and the number of Amur leopards has seen a significant increase.
“We look forward to carrying out fruitful ecological protection cooperation with China through this event, protecting the unique natural environment of Northeast Asia and deepening the friendship between the people of Russia and China,” he said.
