China News Service, Haikou, September 29 (Reporter Fu Yuqun) Hainan has established a full-process chain for rescuing stranded cetaceans, from response to reports, on-site treatment, rehabilitation and care to release into the wild. At the same time, it conducts regular science education and stranding emergency simulation drills to encourage more citizens and tourists to actively participate in marine life. Ecological Protection - At the end of August this year, the "Mermaid's Safe Harbor-Voluntary Action for Cetacean Rescue and Science Popularization" project guided and supported by the Hainan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and the Sanya Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau won the gold medal in the National Ecological Environment Volunteer Service Project Competition. Behind this are the young faces in the Hainan ecological volunteer team.
The picture shows the rescue team rescuing a male Freund's dolphin. Photo provided by Sanya Blue Ribbon Marine Conservation Association (data map)
"Protecting Hainan's ecological heritage is a long-term undertaking that requires continuous struggle from generation to generation." Chen Yue, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said at a press conference held by the Hainan Provincial Information Office on the 28th that Hainan will support young people in various aspects to participate in the construction of ecological civilization and gather the youthful power to build a beautiful Hainan.
Chen Yue introduced that in recent years, Hainan has actively cultivated the "Beautiful Hainan Volunteers Have Me" eco-environmental volunteer service brand. It has supported more than 20 environmental protection organizations across the province, carried out more than 400 volunteer service activities on a regular basis, including more than 200 "four-entry" activities such as "entering communities, enterprises, campuses, and towns", organized more than 200 activities for environmental protection facilities to be opened to the public, and completed more than 500 key youth volunteer trainings.
For young people, participating in Hainan's ecological construction "has a direction, a platform, and is effective." Chen Yue said that the Hainan Provincial Government has issued and implemented the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Hainan National Ecological Civilization Experimental Zone (the 15th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of Beautiful Hainan)", which has set 21 major indicators around five aspects: good ecosystem, first-class ecological environment, green and low-carbon development, efficient resource utilization, and environmental safety guarantee, and built an ecological practice platform for young people - pollution prevention and control, ecological environment management, plastic ban, waste-free island construction, garbage classification and promotion, etc., are all stages where young people can shine.
In order to promote youth participation, the Hainan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, in conjunction with the Social Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Youth League Committee, the Provincial Women's Federation, the Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Provincial Department of Water Affairs and other departments, continue to carry out theme activities such as beach cleaning operations, mangrove wetland protection, biodiversity protection, and opening of environmental protection facilities to the public. Relying on the professional advantages of the ecological environment system, it provides professional training for young people, explores the establishment of a training mechanism for young backbone volunteers, and cultivates a group of young ecological and environmental protection volunteer teams who are professional, capable, and sentimental.
At the same time, Hainan will promote the construction of voluntary service points for environmental protection facilities, encourage environmental protection social organizations and environmental protection enterprises to recruit young talents, so that young people can see prospects and find a stage in building an ecological home of the Free Trade Port; and by establishing and improving an incentive and evaluation mechanism, discover and publicize youth models, encourage more young people to delve into fields such as ecological scientific research, pollution prevention and control, and green transformation, so that the majority of young people can gain a sense of honor, gain, and accomplishment in the construction of an ecological civilization in the Free Trade Port.
Chen Yue expressed that he hopes that young people will continue to participate in ecological and environmental protection public welfare services and strive to become participants in ecological and environmental protection, disseminators of green concepts, and builders of beautiful Hainan. (over)
