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Former journalist turns to public welfare projects to make proactive changes By Ni Yanshuo WITH the bulk of its territory located in the North Temperate Zone,China sees millions of migrant birds flying south over its vast land mass in autumn and heading back north in spring.Of the eight major channels for migrant birds worldwide,three traverse China.However,owing to illegal hunting,the number of migrant birds flying over China has dropped dramatically in recent years.According to figures released by China Central Television,in the 1970s,more than 1.6million wild birds made up of more than 300 species flew over China through the channel from Russia’s Siberia to Australia and New Zealand;in 2012,the number through the same channel was less than500,000.
Former journalist turns to public welfare projects to make proactive changes By Ni Yanshuo WITH the bulk of its territory located in the North Temperate Zone, China sees millions of migrant birds flying south over its vast land mass in autumn and heading back north in spring.Of the eight major channels for migrant birds worldwide, three traverse China.However, owing to illegal hunting, the number of migrant birds flying over China has dropped dramatically in recent years. According to figures released by China Central Television, in the 1970s, more than 1.6million wild birds made up of more than 300 species flew over China through the channel from Russia’s Siberia to Australia and New Zealand; in 2012, the number through the same channel was less than500,000.