What is the ecological significance of protecting the source of the Three Rivers?

What is the ecological significance of protecting the source of the Three Rivers?

The following is my personal opinion, for reference only, thank you. ...

1, protect the ecological environment in the Three Rivers source area, and ensure the survival of people in China and the world and the sustainable development of social economy; The source of the Three Rivers is the "source of life" in most parts of Asia and China. Protecting the source of the Three Rivers means protecting our own water and life.

2. Protect the biodiversity of the world's biological species; Sanjiangyuan area is the highest altitude and the largest humid plateau area in the world. Wetland ecosystem has the basic characteristics of land-water transition, system fragility, functional diversity and structural complexity. It plays an irreplaceable role in conserving water, slowing runoff, storing flood and preventing drought, preventing and reducing disasters, degrading pollution, maintaining biodiversity, providing various resources for human production and life, and regulating climate, and has great ecological functions.

3. Promote the social development of the Three Rivers Source area and improve the living conditions of the local people.

The ecological environment of the Three Rivers Source is not only vital to the survival and economic and social development of local people, but also affects the social and economic development of the middle and lower reaches of the Three Rivers Source and the safety of people's production and life, which is related to the future sustainable development of China and the balance of human ecology.

Therefore, protecting the ecology of the Three Rivers is not only an important requirement for the western development, but also an important condition for the sustainable development of China and even the world.

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Located in the hinterland of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Sanjiangyuan region in Qinghai is the birthplace of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River.

Historically known as the ecological "virgin land".

With the global warming, glaciers and snow-capped mountains are shrinking year by year, which directly affects the water supply of plateau lakes and wetlands. With the uncontrolled growth of population and unlimited production and operation activities of human beings, the ecological deterioration is accelerated, the livestock carrying capacity of grassland is reduced, the habitat quality of wild animals is reduced, the habitat is fragmented and the biodiversity is reduced.

More importantly, with the destruction of vegetation and wetland ecosystem in the source area, the water conservation capacity has dropped sharply, which has led to frequent droughts and floods in the middle and lower reaches of the Three Rivers, and severely restricted industrial and agricultural production, which has directly threatened the ecological security of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River basin and even Southeast Asian countries.