Chongqing-November is Chongqing Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month. This year, Chongqing Wildlife Conservation Association and SEE Chongqing Project Center jointly launched an initiative to build the wildlife protection public activities. More than 40 institutions responded positively. Over 100 activities have been planned during this month, including four types in total: Art, Reading, Sharon, and Experiences to raise citizens' awareness of wildlife protection.

The poster of Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month. (Photo provided to iChongqing)

This event unites multiple industries, organizations, and venues such as city parks, nature reserves, Liangjiang Ferry, bookstores, schools, natural camps, etc. Writers gather here to introduce "Eagle Flying City"; artists come to draw the Yangtze River; natural camps are open to more citizens for participation.

The first meeting of "Yiqiye" .（Photo provided to iChongqing）

Various online and offline activities have already been held in Chongqing in the past few days, aiming to raise public understanding and participation in the city's wildlife and habitat protection work.

A raptor-themed photography exhibit named "Eagle Flying City" officially kicked off at Guanghuan shopping park on October 31, 2021. This exhibit included 83 photographs of 33 species of raptors in total. Hundreds of thousands of raptors, which migrate through Chongqing in springs and autumns, are the main characters of this exhibition.

"Eagle Flying City" photography exhibit (Photo provided to iChongqing)

Walking into the exhibition hall, a 3 meters high paper phoenix bee eagle caught visitors' eyes. You can imagine a large bee eagle opening its huge wings, flying over Chongqing parallel ridge through this vivid artwork.

3D model of phoenix bee eagle (Photo provided to iChongqing)

In particular, the event brought the idea of wildlife conservation to children. School promotion, poster painting, nature museum tours. All these eye-catching activities motivate children to make a voice for animals as nature's guardians.

Wei Qian, the exhibition planner, introduced the origin of "Eagle Flying City" and the stories behind each display board in detail to children and adults. After then, the children all sat down and learned to make the 3D model of the phoenix bee eagle under the guidance of teachers.

Wei Qian is explaining the content on the display board (Photo provided to iChongqing)

"Our kids are far away from nature in modern society. We call for the young generation to walk into nature, get closer to nature, gain power and give feedback to nature", said Peng Xueping, the Chairman of SEE Chongqing Project Center. 

When talking about the biggest challenge in this event, she told iChongqing that since more than 40 organizations participated in this event, it is really hard to integrate the professional concept of wildlife protection into different institutional activities. They tried to provide different organizations with information packages to ensure this event was lively, engaging, and close to life.

Children enjoy outdoor activities. photo provided to iChongqing.

Until this weekend,  large LED screens in Chongqing urban area, more than 200 nature reserves, and five bus stations have been put to promote Chongqing Wildlife Conservation Awareness Month, 54 different types of activities were successfully held in November, with more than 2,000 people participating.

Chongqing is on the Way to Help Animals

Chongqing is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Three Gorges Reservoir, which belongs to the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest vegetation distribution area. It is one of the 34 key biodiversity areas in the world. The appropriate ecological environment attracts a large number of wild animals to cross the border to live here. According to relevant survey data, Chongqing has more than 800 species of wild terrestrial vertebrates in total.

The beautiful view in Chongqing Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve.（ Photo provided to iChongqing）

Chongqing has put a lot of effort into the conversation of wildlife in recent years. So far, the Chongqing government has set up a total of 218 natural protection sites. The population of black-leafed monkeys in Jinfo Mountain National Nature Reserve has gradually recovered from less than 80 to more than 150. The number of Chinese autumn sand ducks wintering in Chongqing increased from 35 in 2013 to 61 in 2021.