From threatened to thriving: environmental restoration of Guangyang Isle in SW China

3月16日，小朋友在重慶廣陽(yáng)島東島頭玩耍。春日時(shí)節(jié)，重慶廣陽(yáng)島春意盎然，一片生機(jī)勃勃的景象。廣陽(yáng)島是長(zhǎng)江上游最大的江心島。近年來(lái)，當(dāng)?shù)胤e極探索基于自然的解決方案，創(chuàng)新運(yùn)用“護(hù)山、理水、營(yíng)林、疏田、清湖、豐草”六大策略，系統(tǒng)推進(jìn)自然恢復(fù)、生態(tài)修復(fù)，豐富生物多樣性。同時(shí)，融合高品質(zhì)生態(tài)設(shè)施和綠色建筑，建成上壩森林、高峰梯田、油菜花田、勝利草場(chǎng)、東島頭等24個(gè)生態(tài)修復(fù)示范地。歷經(jīng)生態(tài)蝶變的廣陽(yáng)島，呈現(xiàn)出一幅原生態(tài)的巴渝鄉(xiāng)村田園風(fēng)景畫(huà)卷，成為生動(dòng)表達(dá)山水林田湖草生命共同體理念的“生態(tài)大課堂”，吸引市民和游客前來(lái)感受大自然之美。[新華社記者 王全超 攝]

Children have fun at Guangyang Isle in southwest China's Chongqing, March 16, 2024. Guangyang Isle, the most extensive green island in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, has been turned into an ecological restoration and protection "classroom" for ecotourists and school children. The local ecosystem and biodiversity were once seriously threatened due to real-estate projects in the area. However, the local government brought harmful projects of this sort to a halt in 2017, starting the restoration of the environment on the island. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)