12 Feb 2008

Save the Przewalski's Gazelle         


There are only 300 przewalski's gazelles in the world, according to the stastics from experts. And there is no man-raised population which means that once the wild population die out,and then this special species will disappear from earth forever.

Nowdays we can only find przewalski's gazelles in the Qinghai lakeside in Qinghai altiplano. However, przewalski's gazelles existed widely in China in history before 1980.After that they disappeared from other habitats except the Qinghai Lake. Since they are in a incontinuous separate distribution state, the area they live is as large as 825 square kilometers which is very dangerous for such a species. What make things worth are that the Qinghai Lake is getting smaller and smaller due to nature and human reasons and the challenges posed by the construction of some projects. So far the only way to protect this precious species is by protecting the wild population. The most important thing is to set up protected areas to give them enough living space. We should also negotiate with the local government and the LakeEast rangeland to restrict the enclosure. Just do those things is not enough at all. We must set up man-raised population area to raise them in rangeland and set them free when time is suitable.
Przewalski's gazelles are dying. We must take action faster to protect them. Otherwise, we may cannot see them anymore!

Recycling in China and Singapore

As people gradually realized that the resource of earth is not infinite, they began to find new ways to get resource. After many experimental trys, people find that so far the most effective way is to get resource from what we used before but had thrown away-garbage, which not only solves the problem of how to deal with the garbage, but also gives us what we need. Since this idea was spreaded around the world, every country more or less has began to apply it, either developed countries or developing countries.
Since China is a developing country which is short of different kinds of resources, recycling is more necessary and benefitial. However, although the government emphasizes this idea teeth and nail, waste is still quite common. From the requisition of land, the exploitation of mine and the irrigation to the shining lamplight of emporium day and night and throwing away of food in restaurant, wasting can be saw everywhere and everyday. It seems that saving and recycling are still not highly considered by common residents. To be honest, China is just beginning to recycle.
However, as a developed country, Singapore did quite well in this area in the past. Maybe the domestic situation of resources makes Singaporen realized that as a small country residents, they have no choice but to recycle. So we can see recycling bins everywhere. A lot of cleaners are hired to collect the garbage and clean the city. That's way the city is called "garden city".
Recycling is not an easy job which can be done just by government. It needs everyone's participation and effort if we want a continuable development of our society. Let's unite together and apply recycling to the end.