December 30, 2019, the national forestry and grassland work conference was held in Beijing. Hu Changqing, director of Hunan Forestry Bureau, attended the meeting and made a typical speech entitled "Building a beautiful Dongting to guard the beautiful Yangtze River".
Hu Changqing, the director of the speech, Hunan wetlands are mostly concentrated in the Dongting Lake basin, which has an important role in maintaining the ecological security of the Yangtze River economic belt. In the past, due to various reasons, the ecology of Dongting Lake has been seriously damaged, showing the trend of degradation and drought. To this end, Hunan forestry authorities conscientiously implement the provincial government and the State Forestry Bureau deployment, and solidly promote the ecological protection and restoration of the Dongting Lake basin, the ecology of the lake area has undergone a fundamental improvement. Hunan mainly did four aspects of work: First, from a holistic perspective, to strengthen the full range of protection. Efforts to carry out comprehensive management of wetlands, severe rectification of ecological environmental problems in nature reserves, and effectively strengthen the protection of biodiversity, effectively protect the ecological resources in the Dongting Lake basin. Second, from the systemic approach, the implementation of the whole basin restoration. Continuously expand the scope of wetland restoration, the construction of the Dongting Lake watershed ecological connotation belt, the formation of a good situation of forest and water together, and effectively enhance the ecological function of forests and wetlands in the watershed. Third, from the long-term layout, to carry out a full range of innovation. Creatively promote the pilot project of returning wetlands to forests and small wetlands protection and construction, and actively explore ecological monitoring and restoration techniques, which provide solid scientific and technological guarantee for the improvement of Dongting Lake water ecological environment. Fourth, from the synergy of efforts to promote the participation of the whole society. Focus on the synergy between government promotion and public participation, co-organize ecological protection festivals, plan ecological tourism industry, and build ecological compensation mechanism, forming a pattern of universal participation and sharing by all. Through comprehensive improvement, the wetland resources of Dongting Lake have been better protected and the biodiversity has increased significantly, and it has been recognized by WWF as one of the 200 important ecological zones in the world and one of the first 23 green reserves in the world recognized by IUCN.
The meeting also focused on the modernization of forest and grass governance system and governance capacity construction, 2020 work deployment and other group discussions, Hu Changqing, director of the fourth group as the convener of the discussion and made a wonderful discussion speech.